Farmers to head to Delhi for Parkash Ustav of Bhagat Ravidas & Azad’s martyrdom
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Farmers to head to Delhi for Parkash Ustav of Bhagat Ravidas & Azad’s martyrdom
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Patiala: Hundreds of farmers under the banner of BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) plan to head towards Delhi borders in large numbers on Thursday. The BKU faction said they would observe the Parkash Ustav of Bhagat Ravidas and martyrdom of Chandra Shekhar Azad at the agitation sites and across 42 sites in Punjab on Saturday. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) leaders claimed that this time, farmers would move in large numbers in canters and buses instead of tractor-trolleys as most of them will return after observing the events planned for Saturday. Janak Singh, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) vice-president said, “A number of meetings have been held in the last few days and a decision was taken to ferry a large number of farmers to Delhi on Friday. According to the plan, farmers will largely travel by canters and buses and village and block-level committees of the union will manage the groups. Around 20,000 farmers will move from Khanauri border of Punjab and Haryana towards Delhi on Friday while some others may join on Saturday also. Farmers from Patiala, Barnala, Sangrur, Mansa, Bathinda, Barnala and other nearby districts will move from Khanauri border.”
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-02-26
Coverage
Chandigarh