Farmers Movement Archive

After tractors, bikes face of movement in Punjab

JIND: After tractors trolleys, Punjabi youth and farmers have now started heading toward Delhi borders on bikes, travelling over 300 kilometres in the winter. Students, farmers and people involved in agricultural activities are among those joining the protest. The youths said they were moved by the sight of senior citizens camping at Delhi borders to protest against the three agricultural laws of the Centre. They also have Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) flags on their bikes. On Saturday, people from Barnala, Patiala, Sangrur, Khanna, Bhatinda and other parts of Punjab were seen heading toward Tikri border in Delhi. Lovepreet Singh, a Class XII student of Kalyan Sukh village, Bathinda, who joined the protest with a friend, said, “We didn’t get a vehicle to go to the protest in so we decided to march on bikes. This is the first time in our lives that we are forced to travel 350 kilometres due to the PM’s egoistic attitude towards farmers. Our elderly people are staging dharna at Delhi borders, so we could not stop ourselves from coming out to join the protest. We take a short rest every 100 kilometres and start the journey again.” Avtar Singh, a resident of Sangrur district in Punjab, who was carrying goods on a bike, said, “I have parked my tractor and trolley at Tikri border for fellow farmers and am now making rounds on bike to ferry necessary articles. I have been travelling 250 kilometres on one side for the past few days. Our protest is peaceful but the Centre is trying to break and defame it using unfair means. Farmers in tractor trolleys, cars, jeeps, trucks, buses and bikes are marching towards Delhi. Every section of society has come together in support of farmers and we will win.”

The Times of India

2020-12-13

Chandigarh