Farmers Movement Archive

In Nawanshahr, residents support farmers, hit roads

Jalandhar, March 26Sab samajh chuke ne ki je desh da anndata barbaad hunda hai, taan desh barbaad ho jaayega, were the lines screamed by farmer leaders from protest sites during Bharat Bandh in Nawanshahr on Friday. Almost entire district remained closed and residents supported the bandh.The farmers sat at the Langroa bypass and made speeches against the BJP government throughout the day. It was a huge rally as people from all walks of life participated and came to listen to the speeches of farmer leaders.Eh ladai hun sirf kisaana di nai, balki Modi sarkar virudh poore desh di ladai bann gayi hai (Now, this fight has not limited to farmers only, but it has become a fight of the nation against the Modi government),” said Kirti Kisan Union leader Surinder Singh Bains.Other unions that participated in the bandh were Istri Jagriti Manch, Auto Workers’ Union and Arhtiya Association. Members of the aforesaid unions supported the bandh and union leaders took turns to encourage people to raise their voices against the present government. On March 23, a mahasabha was held in Nawanshahr to mark the martyrdom of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.Balbir Singh Rajewal, leader of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, had announced from the stage and garnered support for the March 26 Bharat Bandh.He had said: “The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is a cunning government that has surpassed every other government in hatching conspiracies.”“More than 3,000 agents have been appointed by the BJP in their IT cell, and the purpose is to malign the image of farmers and their leadership. Their work is to mislead gullible people, but we should not let this happen at any cost,” he said.Another farmer leader Dr Darshan Pal also made a scathing attack on the government: “A total of 300 farmers have already lost their lives in four months.” “This morcha has failed the conspiracy of the Modi government to divide Hindu-Muslim and divide the states. We are not here to form any party, but we are here to abolish the three farm laws,” he added.One of the farmer leaders from Haryana asked the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi to remove the spectacles of owners of the corporate houses, like that Adani and Ambani, and then watch Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev in the youngsters.

The Tribune

2021-03-27