Farmers reach out to common man through ‘kisan chaupal’
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Farmers reach out to common man through ‘kisan chaupal’
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Farmer leaders have started several programmes to reach out to common people to garner their support against the three farm laws. One of the factions of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) (Charuni) has started conducting ‘kisan chaupal’ in the villages here to make the people aware of the disadvantages of these farm laws, while another faction of the BKU (Tikait) has announced to launch a ‘Kisan Mazdoor Nyay Yatra’ in the state to mobilise people against the farm laws and the rising prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder. Both the groups will encourage people to join the stir at the Delhi borders.“We have started organising ‘kisan chaupals’ in the villages to highlight the disadvantages of the farm laws from Tuesday. We have kept a target of covering seven to eight villages daily,” said Jagdeep Singh Aulakh, BKU (Charauni) state core committee member.BKU (Tikait) state president Rattan Mann said, “We will start our yatra on March 8 from Karnal, which will cross every district to mobilise common people against the farm laws.”
Publisher
The Tribune
Date
2021-03-04
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Karnal