Farmers Movement Archive

Black flags on houses, cars, shops, farmers voice rage

Ludhiana: As farmers’ unions had announced to observe Wednesday as a Black Day on the completion of six months of their agitation on Delhi borders, their members here protested at several places across the district and put up black flags on their houses as a sign against the “black farm laws”.“There were protests in 200 villages of the district, during which farmers and union members carried black flags and also burnt the effigy of the Central government. There were big gatherings across the district and women also participated in large numbers. Besides villages, protests were also held at the Jagraon railway station, Chowkiman and Rakba toll plazas,” said Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Dakonda’s district secretary Inderjit Singh.“On June 2, BKU-Dakonda will take 100 vehicles of farmers to Tikri and Singhu borders to support the protesters there,” he added.In Ludhiana city, farmers’ union registered a protest by way of a rally. “We took out a rally from a mall on Ferozepur Road to Rajguru Nagar and BRS Nagar markets. We carried black flags in protest against the black farm laws and also raised slogans against the Narendra Modi government. This government doesn’t care about people and their decisions reflect it. They have even failed in Covid management and providing adequate oxygen and beds for patients,” said BKU-Ekta Ugrahan’s zone in-charge Gurpreet Singh Sekhon. He added that in some villages, protesters, feeling the government was dead for them, conducted its symbolic last rites.In Raikot, Samrala, Machhiwara and Khanna too, protesters demonstrated at several places. There were reports of protests at Ghulal, Kubbe toll plazas, Bondli Bypass and Samrala Main Chowk. Some shopkeepers had also put up black flags.“Protesters also displayed black flags on their vehicles. People in multitudes came forward to join the protest without being asked to,” said BKU, Punjab, president Rajinder Benipal. ‘100 vehicles to Delhi borders’ “There were protests in 200 villages of the district, during which farmers and union members carried black flags and also burnt the effigy of the Central government. There were big gatherings and women also participated in large numbers. On June 2, BKU-Dakonda will take 100 vehicles of farmers to Tikri and Singhu borders to support the protesters there,” Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) Dakonda’s district secretary Inderjit Singh said.

The Times of India

2021-05-27

Ludhiana