Farmers Movement Archive

With verve & vigour, women farmers put up show of strength at Tikri border

Tribune News ServiceJhajjar, March 8Women put on a show of strength at the Tikri border today — from serving langar to delivering speeches, from conducting the stage to raising anti-government slogans. Their presence at the protest site was all-pervasive on the International Women’s Day.The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) had given a call to its member organisations to hand over the reins of the protest to women to mark the occasion.A large number of women from Punjab and Haryana reached Tikri in buses, tractor-trailers and cars to join the protest. With verve and vigour, they discharged the duty of volunteers throughout the day.Dressed in traditional attires, Haryanvi women danced on folk songs and raised anti-government slogans in their local dialect.“Every day is a women’s day, but today is a special day for us we have taken the centrestage. Today’s programme symbolises unity among us all. Some hard steps will be taken to get the three farm laws repealed,” said Suman Hooda, an activist from Hisar.Another women leader Sudesh Goyat said, “Women are soft, but not weak. We have been standing shoulder to shoulder with farmers in this agitation and will leave no stone unturned to ensure their victory.”Women who took initiative and worked tirelessly to strengthen the agitation were felicitated at the border today.“The mobilisation of women in large numbers at Delhi borders is a lesson for the Centre, which tried to mislead people by making false statements about the stir,” said Jagmati Sangwan, vice-president of the Janwadi Mahila Samiti.To mark the occasion, green “jalebis”, “kheer” and other sweets were prepared. “Since green is the symbol of agriculture, we decided to make green ‘jalebis’ to send out a message to the Center that all farmers are united and will not return home until the three farm laws are repealed,” a farmer said.

The Tribune

2021-03-09