Farmers Movement Archive

YAD opens ‘Doodh Da Theka’ at Singhu border

Ludhiana: Using the farmer protests as an opportunity to send out a message that not all the youths of Punjab are into drugs, the Youth Akali Dal (YAD) leaders on Monday started distributing milk among the protesters at Singhu border, where a sizeable number of state’s youths are protesting and supporting their elders.The YAD leaders claimed that a section of people has publicised that almost 70% of the youngsters take drugs. But, in this protest many youngsters are actively participating and extending support to their senior family members. They decided to distribute milk to prove the point that most of the Punjabi youths consume milk and other delicacies that Punjab is known for and not drugs, they said.Ludhiana district president of YAD Gurdeep Gosha said, "Earlier, we were distributing medicines, but now we have set up a milk vend here and started serving milk to the people participating in this protest against the farm laws. We will continue to serve milk here as long as we can manage.” Gosha said after the outbreak of Covid pandemic, they had opened ‘Doodh Da Theka’ in Ludhiana and now the same model is being replicated at Singhu border. He said for over a month, the farmers are protesting in the open, but the government is not ready to repeal the laws. Till the time the government rolls back these laws, the farmers would continue to protest and they would continue to serve the farmers, he asserted.

The Times of India

2020-12-29

Ludhiana