Farmers Movement Archive

Mitti Satyagraha Yatra enters Punjab

Bathinda: The Mitti Satyagraha Yatra, a procession inspired by the freedom struggle and launched by farm groups to protest against the Centre’s three farm laws, on Saturday entered Punjab. The procession reached Mansa from Sirsa district in Haryana. Soil collected from various parts of the country is being taken to protest sites on the borders of Delhi, where a memorial will be built in the memory of farmers who have died during the ongoing agitation by farmers. The first leg the yatra was carried out from March 12 to March 28, and it passed through Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand. The second leg of the Mitti Satyagraha Yatra started from Dandi in Gujarat on March 30 and will reach Shahjahanpur and Tikri border on April 5, and Singhu and Ghazipur borders the next day. The yatra entered Punjab after passing through Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana. “Soil from all over the country is to be dedicated to the martyrs of the farmers movement as farmers are determined to carry forward the idea of restoring the values of the freedom struggle through this protest,” said Narmada Bachao Andolan convener Medha Patkar upon entering Punjab. The yatra also crossed Sabarmati Ashram. From Mansa, it will go to Sunam, the birthplace of martyr Udham Singh, and reach Rohtak on April 4.

The Times of India

2021-04-04

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