Farmers Movement Archive

Locals appealed to participate in ‘rail roko’ agitation

Following the call of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, farmers in the district are all geared up to organise a massive ‘Rail Roko’ agitation on February 18.Leaders of the Doaba Kisan Sangharsh Committee, at a press conference, urged students, labourers, industrialists, businessmen, construction workers and others to participate in maximum numbers in the ‘Rail Roko’ protest. While addressing the conference, the farm leaders also stated that nearly Rs3,000 crore have so far been spent in the farmers’ protest at the Delhi-Haryana border.Harsulinder Singh, president of the committee, said, while around 472 organisations have been protesting at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders, the Central government was unmoved by their demands.“We urge the locals to participate in the rail roko protest to be observed on Thursday at Kala Bakra railway station. The protest will be organised between 12 pm-4 pm at Nizamdinpur railway lines in Kala Bakra. We are expecting a gathering of 2,000-2,500 agitators during the protest. As the railway tracks mostly connect to Jammu and Pathankot, the railway authorities have already been apprised of the halt on the railway lines,” added Harsulinder.Gurpreet Singh, another leader of the committee further said after the rail roko protest, a blood donation camp would also be organised on February 20 at Kishangarh to show dissent against the contentious farm laws. Copies of the farm laws will also be printed in Hindi, English and Punjabi languages to make people aware of the draconian laws.Doaba Kisan Sangharsh Committee has also planned to reach colleges and universities to appeal students to join farmers’ stir at Delhi-Haryana borders.

The Tribune

2021-02-18

Jalandhar