Farmers Movement Archive

As numbers swell at Tikri, farmer leaders talk strategy

Farmer leaders from Punjab and Haryana on Saturday chalked out strategies to make their next events successful even as farmers’ numbers continued to swell.0“A candle march will be taken out at Tikri on Sunday evening to pay tribute to those personnel who lost their lives in the Pulwama attack in 2019. Besides protesting farmers, people from nearby areas will participate in it. We have also called upon others to take out a similar march in their village and city concerned to express their solidarity with us,” said Joginder Singh Nain, a farmer leader.Nain maintained the birth anniversary of peasant leader Sir Chhotu Ram would be celebrated on February 16. For which, duties had been assigned to the volunteers for contacting the people and ensuring their participation in it. Similarly, a discussion was also held for successfully carrying out ‘Rail Roko’ protest from 12 pm to 4 pm on February 18, he added.     Buta Singh, a farmer leader from Punjab, informed farmers along with local residents would peacefully sit on the rail track at every village on February 18 and they would also address the gatherings for encouraging the villagers to continue their support as it’s a decisive fight against three farm laws which needed to be repealed for protecting the future of farmers.  Meanwhile, the number of protesters rose In Tikri, with people from nearby areas joining. “Average 500 people had been having food at our langar for the past several days but the number suddenly rose to 900 on Saturday a day after the panchayat wherein the BKU leader Rakesh Tikait and other prominent farmer leaders called upon the people to ensure their presence in the protest,” said Gurcharan Singh, a farmer from Manuke Gill village in Moga district (Punjab).The number of Haryana farmers was much more than Punjab, he claimed.

The Tribune

2021-02-13

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