Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers block eways, urge Dalits to oppose Hry govt

Bathinda: Acting on the call given by the Sanyukta Kisan Morcha, farmers blocked the two peripheral expressways around Delhi on Saturday morning. Kundali-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) and Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) expressways will stay unavailable to commuters till 8am on Sunday. A large number of youth and women had arrived from Punjab and Haryana to block the highway. Farmer leaders termed the blockade a “warning” and said if the Union government did not accept their demand, more pressure would be put on the government. The farm activists also managed langar and drinking water on the highway. Farmers protesting at the Tikri border also blocked the KMP while farmers holding protest at Singhu border blocked the KMP at three sites. During the protest, the Haryana Police picked up the farmers protesting in Rewasan, Mewat but released them later. The kisan morcha claimed, “Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is organising an event near the Singhu border on April 14, while deputy CM is to attend a programme at Kaithal. Farmers of Haryana are constantly boycotting the BJP-JJP government. The Khattar government can present it in such a way that the farmers are not allowing the programmes of Dalits whereas reality is that none of the acts by the farmer is against Dalits.” “While since the last few years, the BJP government in Haryana has treated the Dalits indifferently. Now Khattar government is trying to create a fight between the Dalits and farmers. BJP can also provoke and spread violence in these programmes,” it alleged. The morcha urged all Dalit organisations in Haryana to peacefully oppose the Khattar government.

The Times of India

2021-04-11

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