India is in a state of political unrest once again as farmers in Punjab and Haryana have been protesting against three farm reform bills — The Farmers’ Produce Trade And Commerce (Promotion And Facilitation) Bill, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill — passed by the Parliament in the recently concluded Monsoon session.

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Recently, fresh protests erupted in Qadian, Batala, Dera Baba Nanak and Pathankot over Bollywood actor Sunny Deol’s tweet in favour of the Farm Bills. 

Now, Congress activists have claimed they will not allow Deol to enter his Gurdaspur constituency over his “anti-farmer stance”.

Here’s are the previous tweets by Sunny Deol on the matter:

भारत सरकार ने इस बात को मान्यता दी है कि किसान बेहतर मूल्य पर अपने कृषि उत्पाद को अपनी पसंद के स्थान पर बेच सकता है जिससे संभावित खरीदारों की संख्या में बढ़ोतरी होगी।#JaiKisan#AatmaNirbharKrishi

— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) September 18, 2020

फसल उत्पादन के दौरान फसल पर किसान का मालिकाना हक बना रहेगा एवं फसल का बीमा कराया जाएगा तथा आवश्यकता होने पर किसान वित्तीय संस्थानों से ऋण भी ले सकेंगे।#JaiKisan#AatmaNirbharKrishi

— Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) September 18, 2020

Ever since the protests have begun, Sunny Deol hasn’t been actively participating in the conversation of the farmers' protests. 

Earlier today, people started to trend ‘#SunnyDeolWhereAreYou’ and Twitter has been bursting with memes since.

Like his movies comes once in 2 or four years even in his own constituency. Someone just remind him that he is a MP too #SunnyDeolWhereAreYou

— titto jose (@tittojose9810) September 27, 2020

He is busy doing this. #SunnyDeolWhereAreYou pic.twitter.com/UyhsPqUnBg

— Neha Bajaj (@nehabajaj5386) September 27, 2020

#SunnyDeolWhereAreYou
Hahaha. People of gurdaspur search their MP sunny deol. Ab bhaiyya hero ki shakal dekh k vote doge to aisa hi hoga

— arvind (@iamarvindmeena) September 27, 2020

Help me find this man -
Name- Ajay singh deol
Popular name - Sunny deol
Dob-19 October 1956
Height-1.73 m
Last seen - Gurdaspur,Punjab#SunnyDeolWhereAreYou #IStandWithIndianFarmers #SunnyDeol pic.twitter.com/yttchJX2DI

— Satyam Sharma (@satyamvasistha) September 27, 2020

Me to people from his constituency:#SunnyDeolWhereAreYou pic.twitter.com/i7bN5B6M6C

— Tanmay Mahale @home (@TanmayMahale) September 27, 2020

Everyone is asking #SunnyDeolWhereAreYou meanwhile sunny deol pic.twitter.com/wWRWKub7wf

— Ujjawal Sharma 🇮🇳 (@SharmaJi720) September 27, 2020

Earlier this week, Kanwar Partap Singh Bajwa, general secretary, Punjab Youth Congress told the Tribune, “We will not allow Deol to enter his constituency. If he does try to come, he should be ready to face consequences. He knows nothing about the ground reality.”

He said, “Instead of standing with people who voted for him, he stood with his party, which is doing things which are totally detrimental to the interests of farmers. Today, we blackened his posters and if he comes, we will blacken his face. In just one stroke, the Centre made farmers apprehensive whether they will get minimum support price (MSP) for paddy and wheat products.”

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Over 200 farmers’ groups across the country blocked roads and organised rallies last Friday in protest against three controversial farm bills. The farmers worry that the new laws could potentially take apart the current Minimum Support Price (MSP) system and leave them defenceless to exploitation by agribusinesses.

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