Farmers Movement Archive

Terai farmers to mark six months of agitation against agri-reform laws as Black Day, move to Ghazipur border for May 26

Rudrapur: Hundreds of farmers from the Terai region of Uttarakhand headed for the Ghazipur border on Monday to participate in the ‘Black Day’ protest on May 26. These farmers were from Bazpur, Kashipur, Jaspur, Nanakmatta and Sitarganj towns of Udham Singh Nagar district. The development comes after the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions, announced to observe May 26 as Black Day to mark six months of their agitation against the three agriculture reform laws notified last year. Talking to TOI over the phone from the Ghazipur border, Jagtar Singh Bajwa, spokesperson of SKM, said that farmers all across the country supporting the agitation will hoist black flags on their houses and vehicles on May 26 to register their protest. At the Ghazipur border, the farmers will burn the effigy of the central government. Notably, SKM, an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions, has announced to observe May 26 as Black Day to mark six months of their agitation. “We held a meeting on Monday with other farmer leaders to strategise our protest. It was decided that we will offer prayers to Lord Buddha in the morning as the Buddha Purnima is falling on May 26 this year. Subsequently, we will carry on with our protest,” Bajwa added. In a similar vein, Karm Singh Padda, state president of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, said, “We have been agitating for six months at several Delhi borders but our demand of repealing the farm laws has fallen on deaf ears. As the harvesting of wheat has been completed and the transplantation of paddy is to start from June 15, we are ensuring a huge gathering of farmers at the Ghazipur border on May 26.”

The Times of India

2021-05-25

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