Farmers Movement Archive

KMSC relents, lifts dharna from Ferozepur rail track

DEVIDASPURA: Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) on Wednesday decided to give passage to goods trains and lifted its dharna from the rail track at Basti Tanka Wali in Ferozepur. However, the farmers’ body announced that the dharna at Devidaspur, near Amritsar rail track will be extended till October 29. “We held a meeting today and decided to postpone our dharna at Basti Tanka Wali in Ferozpur till further announcement but we will keep sitting on the rail track at Devidaspur till October 29,” said KMSC state general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher. Activists of KMSC have been blocking rail traffic for the past 29 days in protest against the three controversial agriculture laws brought by the Centre. Another farm leader, Gurbachan Singh Chabba clarified that Devidaspura rail roko agitation didn’t hamper movement of goods trains. “Goods trains can reach Amritsar via Tarn Taran from Beas, which will not hamper the movement of DAP, fertilisers, farm produces etc,” he said. Chabba said a meeting would be held on October 28 to take a decision on the Basti Tanka Wali rail track dharna. “For now, we have postponed our stir and will announce our decision after the October 28 meeting,” he said, adding that neither the state nor the Centre is serious about saving the farming profession and farmers. “Everybody is playing politics and it is the poor farmer who will bear the brunt of these policies” he said. Meanwhile, KMSC members are touring villages and towns to mobilise women for the women’s rally scheduled in Amritsar on October 23. The participants will wear saffron dupattas. Veer Kaur, a woman farm leader said, “This is the time when women should come out of their homes and show solidarity with us. The farm laws will not only affect farmers and their families but their all of society.” She said women’s rallies will also be held in Ferozepur, Tarn Taran, Hoshiarpur, Tanda, Jalandar and Kapurthala, following which effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be set ablaze.

The Times of India

2020-10-23

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