Farmers Movement Archive

More farmer groups from Terai region head towards Delhi to take part in R-day protest tractor rally

RUDRAPUR: More batches of farmers from the Terai region, on Monday, set out for Delhi to participate in the proposed tractor parade to protest against the three farm laws on the occasion of Republic Day on January 26. However, private vehicles other than tractors were used for mass mobilisation on Monday, unlike the day before when more than 7,000 farmers from the district headed towards Delhi on tractors. The farmers’ unions have announced that their tractor parade would cover the Outer Ring Road in Delhi. On Monday, two buses from Khatima with over a hundred agitators on board and a convoy of more than fifty private vehicles moved towards Delhi from Rudrapur. Sandeep Singh Cheema, former vice-president of the zila panchayat, said, “More than 200 people from the city reached the Ghazipur protest site on Monday to participate in the Republic Day tractor parade.” Talking to TOI over phone from the Ghazipur border, president of the Terai Kisan Sabha, Tejender Singh Virk, said that more than 20,000 farmers and their supporters from the Terai region have so far gathered at Ghazipur. “The women from our families are also participating in the protest and they will lead the tractor rally proposed on January 26. We have more than 5,000 tractors from the Terai region.” Jagtar Singh Bajwa, the spokesperson of the ‘Kisan Andolan Committee Ghazipur’, said, “The number of agitators are increasing at the protest site. The farmers and farm workers of the Terai region will show their strength in the ongoing protest. We would join the parade to highlight our demands and the stubborn attitude of the central government. Meanwhile, arrangements for ‘langar’ (community kitchen service) have been made at several places on the national highway.”

The Times of India

2021-01-26

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