Farmers Movement Archive

Punjab farmers all set to head for Delhi borders

With wheat harvesting almost over in Punjab, scores of farmers and farm labourers are all set to “march” again to the State borders of Delhi on May 5 in a bid to ensure the momentum of the ongoing agitation against the Centre’s farm laws stays intact. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan), one of the largest outfits in Punjab, and the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), a prominent outfit at the forefront of the ongoing farmers’ agitation, have announced that farmers and farm labourers from the State will start moving in the coming days towards Delhi so that the number of protesters at the agitation sites keeps growing. While the BKU (Ugrahan) is planning to send “big batches” of farmers after May 10, the KMSC plans to send scores of its member farmers and farm labourers from Amritsar district on May 5. “Several groups of farmers are all set to leave for Delhi on May 5 from Amritsar,” KMSC general secretary Sarvan Singh Pandher told The Hindu on Tuesday. Mr. Pandher added that the BJP-led Central government should not remain under any misconception that the agitation would fizzle out.

The Hindu

2021-05-05

CHANDIGARH