India, Feb. 26 -- Ludhiana

The power employees' unions and farmers' organisations on Wednesday strongly condemned the arrest of farmer leaders and power employees' representatives who were staging a peaceful protest against the transfer and proposed sale of government land in Punjab.

Leaders of major power employees' and pensioners' bodies, including the PSEB Employees Joint Forum, Bijli Mulazam Ekta Manch Punjab, Association of Junior Engineers, Grid Sub-Station Employees Union, Pension Union (AITUC) and Pension Welfare Federation, criticised the arrest of leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and Bijli Mulazam Ekta Manch Punjab convenor Gurpreet Singh Gandiwind. The arrests were made while protesters were opposing the transfer of land b...