Farmers Movement Archive

BKU (Charuni) extends stir at toll plazas in Haryana

AMBALA: Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) state president Gurnam Singh Charuni, on Sunday, gave a call to his union workers to extend the protest at all toll plazas for an indefinite period, till the government accepts farmers’ demands. In protest against the Centre’s three controversial agri-marketing laws, BKU (Charuni) responded to the call of Sanyukta Kisan Morcha, Delhi and launched protests at all toll plazas in the state from December 25 to 27. These protests have now been extended. Workers of BKU (Charuni) have been staging protests at toll plazas from the morning of December 25. On Sunday morning, Charuni released a video, saying, “We visited several toll plazas today and people there suggested that tolls should be made free permanently. We also sought people’s suggestions on social media and again, people suggested that tolls be made free of cost. The decision to free Haryana tolls has been taken in our national executive committee meeting. Tolls will now be kept free for an indefinite period even after December 27 in Haryana till the government accepts our demands.” Logistics are being arranged to that end. “To manage and run protests at toll plazas, all district leaders of the union should form committees so that if officials come to talk, the committee talks to them. Workers should start the protest for an indefinite period,” said Charuni. BKU (Charuni) Ambala block-I leader Sukhvinder Singh from Jalbera village, who has been leading the protest at Devi Nagar toll plaza on National Highway 44 (GT Road) since December 25 said, “We received the call from our president to extend the protest at the toll plaza for an indefinite period after December 27 and we are ready to do the same.”

The Times of India

2020-12-28

Gurgaon