Farmers Movement Archive

‘4k vehicles leave Punjab for Delhi’

Bathinda/Patiala: Nearly 4,000 farmers left from Punjab for the protests on the state borders of Delhi on Monday. The protesters left in 292 vehicles, mainly tractor-trolleys and canters, from 12 districts, claimed farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan). It has asked its activists not to prefer going to Delhi by train and reach there only on own vehicles. Nearly 1,000 farmers had to suffer harassment when they were headed for Delhi on the Ferozepur-Mumbai Punjab Mail train in the wee hours of Monday. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri said the central government was doing everything to stop farmers from assembling at Delhi borders. “Spikes are being put on road and concrete barricades are being put there to stop movement of vehicles. The railways are harassing farmers by diverting route. Farmers, despite all this, are determined to reach Delhi borders and leave from Punjab as today over 4,000 farmers left for Delhi,” he said. Group trains volunteers BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) has been motivating farmers sitting at protest sites to avoid using Nishan Sahib flags. It has trained volunteers to keep a watch on anyone who does and also to counter miscreants by identifying them at the protest site.

The Times of India

2021-02-02

Chandigarh