Farmers Movement Archive

BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) holds protest outside mini-secretariat

Ludhiana: Members of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), Ekta Ugrahan, held a demonstration outside the mini-secretariat as part of its nationwide protest programme on Monday. The members of the organisation also blocked the busy Ferozepur road for half an hour. Giving details, Gurpreet Singh, convener of the farmers’ organisation for Ludhiana district, said that they sat on the protest outside the deputy commissioner’s office from 12noon to 3pm against the central government. He added that after that they had to give a memorandum to the DC as some farmers had lost their lives during the ongoing agitation and demanded Rs 10 lakh each and debt waiver for their families and a government job for a family member. The office-bearers of the BKU claimed that at 3.15pm they were given time by the administration for accepting the memorandum, but their members had to wait for half an hour as the DC didn’t meet them. They added that after that they blocked the road for half an hour, following which the DC came to the site and accepted the memorandum from them. The BKU leader said that they would now take the families of debt-ridden farmers who had committed suicide to Delhi to show to the central government that already so many farmers had committed suicide. He added that through these families they wanted to communicate to the central government that by bringing ‘black laws’ they would force many more farmers to end their lives. The DC said that he accepted four memorandums in the morning. He added that there was a general call by farmers’ union, but there was no timeframe for the same. The DC said that he went to diffuse the situation so that there was no inconvenience to commuters due to traffic jam.

The Times of India

2020-12-15

Ludhiana