Farmers Movement Archive

Punjab’s BKU (Ugrahan) making its presence felt in Haryana

Bathinda: Farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan), the biggest from Punjab, has started making its presence felt in Haryana. And the farm organisation is aiming to capitalise on the bonhomie being shown by farmers from Punjab and Haryana particularly. On Saturday, it started the three-day long tractor march from Tikri to Shahjahanpur and back. The nearly 1,000 tractors in the convoy passed through 15 villages before stopping for night near Rewari toll plaza. While the 31 farm organisations after talks with the central ministers on December 30 had postponed its proposed tractor march on December 31, the BKU (Ugrahan) had announced a massive tractor march for three days from January 2. On January 1, other farm organisations also announced the tractor march on January 6 if talks with government on January 4 fails to yield positive results. The sources told TOI that the BKU (Ugrahan) is in touch with farmers from Haryana villages around Bahadurgarh, where the union activists are sitting on Rohtak road. They may also set up the units of the farm organisation. BKU (Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan said as the central government not seem serious to concede demands of farmers, they decided to go ahead with the tractor march to mobilise more people and further intensify the protest. “The tractor march got massive response as over 1,000 tractors participated in the march and residents of Haryana villages accorded warm welcome to those in the march by raising slogans with clenched fists,” he added. The photos of Bhagat Singh, his uncle Ajit Singh, deceased farm leaders Sadhu Singh Takhtupura and Pithi Singh Chak Alisher were an added attraction for Haryana residents as they evinced keen interest to know about them. The farm activists braving rain and chill continued the protest, said BKU (Ugrahan) state secretary Shingara Singh Mann.

The Times of India

2021-01-03

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