Farmers Movement Archive

Harike farmers leave for Delhi to be part of protest

Tarn Taran, March 20Under the leadership of Sukhwinder Singh Sabhra, district president of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Punjab, a group of farmers of Harike township left on tractor-trolleys to take part in the Delhi agitation here on Saturday.While addressing a rally at the time of departure, Satnam Singh Manochahal and other leaders called upon the farmers and mazdoors to unite in fighting against the anti-farmer policies of the Union Government. The leaders said the Union Government was working for the welfare of the corporate sector.They said the Union Government would face defeat one day as the countrymen had joined hands to repeal the three controversial farm laws as they had understood that these were not only anti-farmers but also anti-people. They said the Union Government was planning to finish micro businesses just for the growth of the corporate sector.The leaders said the farmers wanted a repeal of the three farm laws and the guarantee of the MSP through government procurement system. The farmers left for Delhi with mosquito nets and drinking water.It was the ninth jatha of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee that left for Delhi. It was blocking a road at the Singhu border.Meanwhile, workers of the Democratic Teachers’ Front (DTF) held a protest against the closure of schools and colleges and the postponing of the annual exams due to the Covid-19 threat. Nachhatar Singh, district president and other leaders, said it was a political stunt of the state and the Centre to snub farmers and the other working sections for their agitations. The leaders warned that at this junction the people of the country had observed that it was the government’s diplomacy to divert the attention of the masses who were fighting against the alleged wrong policies of the government.

The Tribune

2021-03-21