Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers protesting at toll plaza celebrate Ambedkar Jayanti

Jind: Protesting farmers, under the banner of Sarv Samaj, celebrated Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Jayanti at Khatkar toll plaza in Jind district on Sunday. The event was organised on behalf of Palwan village and was attended by BKU state youth wing president Ravi Azad and district BKU president Azad Singh Palwan. BJP cancelled its programme as farmers and members of the Dalit community threatened to oppose it. Addressing the gathering, Ravi Azad said BJP state president O P Dhankar, Hisar MP Brijendra Singh and education minister Kanwar Pal Gurjar were expected to attend an event to be organised by the ruling coalition of the BJP and JJP to mark Ambedkar Jayanti in Jind. They said even though Ambedkar Jayanti was celebrated on April 14, ruling party leaders could not arrive on the scheduled day. BKU Azad Singh Palwan said, “We have dared them to enter Jind district as farmers’ organisations had given the call to boycott ruling party leaders. BJP leaders failed to turn up after farmers declared to oppose them.” Ravi Azad said that they would continue to oppose events of ruling coalition leaders till the three agriculture laws were scrapped. Several leaders of the SC community said they would not allow BJP to divide the society. They said the saffron party is trying to crush the agitation by dividing people on caste and religious lines. “We have a strong bond with farmers for a long time and will continue to support them till their demands are met,” said Kamal Chauhan, Sagar Singhal and others.

The Times of India

2021-04-26

Chandigarh