The Bakersfield Punjabi Sikh community is hosting a protest against what mandates toward truck drivers. 

The local community is joining countless truck drivers and other organizations across the nation to protest ELD, the electronic logging device. 

The movement has been named Operation Black and Blue, in which truck drivers demand their voices be heard in addressing new mandates. 

Truck drivers across the nation are rallying as part of the Black and Blue rally by halting their trucks from October 3, 2017 to October 8, 2017. 

The Bakersfield Sikh community will be protesting in Downtown Bakersfield at the Liberty Bell located on 1415 Truxtun Ave today, Wednesday October 4, 2017 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.