Rs 5 lakh on trolley upgrade for protest
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Rs 5 lakh on trolley upgrade for protest
Description
BATHINDA: Farmer Gurbir Singh Sandhu has prepared a trolley with facilities on a par with a luxury hotel room. Prepared for Rs 5 lakh, the trolley has the facility of a kitchen, washroom, bed, and sofa set. Gurbir (52) left Kotkapura on Sunday to join farmers on the borders of Delhi and took the trolley by towing it behind his all-terrain SUV. Belonging to Kotkapura, Gurbir is a law graduate, but also farms on the family-owned 80 acres. Mechanic Jassa Singh took 25 days to prepare the trolley. “As the farmer struggle is expected to stretch on for long and going by the fast approaching summer season, I decided to prepare a trolley where we could stay on in a comfortable atmosphere. “Sometimes, the family too accompanies us to the protest, so I ensured that the trolley has five-star facilities,” Gurbir told TOI on Sunday evening, when he was on the way to Delhi border. To justify the upgrade to his trolley, he quipped: “Punjabia de shok vakhrey (Punjabis have eclectic tastes).” “I will stay at the protest for long, but the central government must repeal the farm laws, so farmers could return home and take care of their crops,” he added.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-03-22
Coverage
Chandigarh