Farmers Movement Archive

Fighting agri laws & homesickness, farmers torn between two choices

Tribune News ServiceJalandhar, January 3It’s been over a month since farmers are camping at the Delhi borders asking the government to repeal the contentious farm laws.Everyone’s concerned and are waiting for farmers to win this big fight. While some farmers stay at the border for some days, others go back to their families for a day or two. Juggling both ways, they do their pending work and then go back to their farm friends, again.Tarsem Singh, a farmer from Jalandhar, went to Singhu border and spent eight nights there. He came back on Friday because he was worried for his daughter and wife. He will again be leaving on January 6.“I am continuously thinking about my family when I am there and when I come back, I think about my fellow farmers. It’s a very tough situation for us. All of us who have our families behind miss them. But this is our fight, and we will keep on fighting,” he said.Tarsem said he has been witnessing a great change among people here. “Even women are going there to support and many more are willing to go,” he said.“I will go and check every acre of my land before heading back to Delhi,” Tarsem said, hoping that the talks with the Central Government will yield some positive results, otherwise every preparation was being made to start the tractor rally towards Delhi. “You cannot even imagine the scale at which more farmers are getting ready to go to Delhi on January 6, if talks fail,” Tarsem said.Kirpal Singh from Moosapur village has to look after his 90-year-old mother and wife with paralysis. He said it was extremely difficult for him to leave them back alone. “But i’ll say the Almighty is looking after both of them. Even at this age, my mother is healthy and does all the work. But I certainly miss them,” he said.Rana Singh from Mehatpur said his daughter and son were looking after their fields and horses. “I am here today, but will be going back day after tomorrow,” he said.

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2021-01-04