Farmers Movement Archive

‘Kisan-adhyapak’ roped in to eliminate communication gap among farmers

Patiala: The farmer leaders of Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) have roped in kisan-adhyapak (farmer-teachers) to create awareness among about the policies to garner more support for the agitation at the Delhi borders and Punjab. The union leaders claimed that a third and final meeting was held in Maisarkhana village of Bathinda district on Thursday. Two meetings were held earlier at Ugrahan village of Sangrur and in Moga on January 10 and 11 respectively. After the meetings, training was given to the farmers, who have been appointed as kisan-adhyapak. They will spread the message of the union in around 16 districts where BKU (EU) has spread its wings. “We have appointed over 1,400 farmers as farmer-teachers. They will guide the farmers on the ground to keep an eye on the ‘secret employees’ of the intelligence at the protest sites,” said S S Kokari Kalan, Punjab general secretary BKU (EU). “The youth will also be guided to keep their cool and be provoked,” he added. The collective information about the deaths of farmers who died during the agitation will also be spread among the farmers without mentioning the names of the farmer union to which the martyr farmers were members. The message to keep united will also be spread among the farmers as the efforts were being made by the central agencies to create a divide among farmers and farm groups. The agitation started from Punjab and how it has become a mass movement. “In a day or two, we will also have pamphlets to distribute among the farmers in the villages and those sitting at protest sites,” said the general secretary.

The Times of India

2021-01-15

Ludhiana