Farmers Movement Archive

‘Withdraw farm Bills’: Protesting farmers block roads across Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: Farmer organizations on Friday blocked roads at many places across the district in protest against the contentious farm Bills passed by the Parliament recently. In Ludhiana, farmers staged sit-ins at Ladowal toll plaza on Jalandhar-Delhi national highway, Khanna, Samrala on Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway, Ludhiana-Ferozepur road, and Gill village near Ludhiana-Sangrur state highway. They raised slogans against the Union government. There were reports of protests in Machhiwara, Jagraon, Payal and Raikot, too. While addressing the agitators, national president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal) Balbir Singh Rajewal urged chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh to immediately convene a special session of the Punjab Assembly and pass a resolution not to implement the farm Bills in the state. “The Prime Minister is favouring the corporates. The anger of the farmers will not subside till these agriculture Bills are withdrawn. Today, the whole country is standing with the farmers. It is difficult to stop their agitation now and trains will be stopped indefinitely from October 1. We will meet the President and file petitions in the Supreme Court against it,” he added. General secretary of BKU (Lakhowal) Harinder Singh Lakhowal said, “The bandh call against the government’s anti-farmer policies received a good response, with the general public too supporting us. We will continue to protest till the government takes back these laws.” Members of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) also staged protests at many places across the district in support of farmers. Lok Insaaf Party (LIP), too, had appealed to people to support farmers and make the bandh call a success.

The Times of India

2020-09-26

Ludhiana