Farmers Movement Archive

A tribute to farmers, Pulwama martyrs

Jalandhar, February 14On the second anniversary of Pulwama attack and in the wake of ongoing protest against the three contentious farm laws, candlelight marches were organised at three places in the city. A huge gathering of residents, including, youngsters, elderly and children, were present in the candlelight march.While farmers under the banner of Doaba Kisan Sangharsh Committee on Sunday organised the march from Model Town to Gurunanak Mission Chowk to pay tributes to the farmers, who lost their lives during the protest, the farmers under the banner of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) conducted the candlelight march from Desh Bhaghat Yadgar Hall to Nakodar Chowk covering Jyoti Chowk and other areas. Over 150 residents and farmers took part in the Model Town candlelight march and around 200 in the BKU candlelight march.The farmers had appealed residents to gather in large numbers to participate in the march.Similarly, the Punjab Gurmukh Sevak Dal had organised the protest march from Jyoti Chowk to Kapurthala Chowk. As many as 300 people participated in the candlelight march. Students from various colleges had come in the protest to raise awareness on farmers’ protest. Pratap Singh Sodhi, organiser of the march, said they had gathered here to pay tributes to the martyred soldiers of the Pulwama attack and the farmers who died during the protest.The protesters also carried posters with slogans of ‘No Farmers, No Food, Kisaan Union Zindabad’.“Farmers have been staying put on the outskirts of the national capital for nearly 80 days now. While, we will continue to protest until the laws are withdrawn, we want support from the locals to keep the spirit of the farmers high. A large number of people from villages, across the district participated in candlelight march, but this time we also got support from people residing in cities”, added Pratap.The farm leaders and protesters demanded cancellation of FIR against Novdeep Kaur and other farmers who were still kept inside the jails.The leaders also stated that they would block the railway lines on February 18 at Kala Bakra railway station, near Pathankot highway.

The Tribune

2021-02-15