Farmers Movement Archive

200 farmers booked over Covid curbs

Bathinda: As farm organisation BKU Ekta Sidhupur is continuing with its protest outside Bathinda district administrative complex for the past 10 days, the district police have booked senior leaders of the organisation, along with 200 unidentified activists. The case has been filed for violating Covid-19 norms like not maintaining social distancing and not wearing masks, and unlawful assembly. The farm organisation activists are on protest since September 2, demanding withdrawal of agri ordinances, taking back cases registered in the last season for burning paddy stubble, government job to son of the activist Jagseer Singh of village Kotda Koda in Bathinda who had died at protest at Jaito town of district Faridkot on December 7, 2019. The case has been registered against organisation state secretary Kaka Singh, Bathinda district president Baldev Singh Sandoha, district vice-president Resham Singh Yatri, block president Talwandi Sabo Yodha Singh apart from 200 activistsThe case was filed at Bathinda Civil Lines police station on the complaint of head constable Iqbal Singh for disobedience and under the Disaster Management Act. Farm organisation district vice-president Resham Singh Yatri said, “We are not worried about the registration of case and will continue the protest. We are here for the fulfilment of the demands and will not sit back till the demands are met.”

The Times of India

2020-09-13

Chandigarh