Farmers Movement Archive

March from Gurdwara Amb Sahib to Punjab Raj Bhawan on June 26 planned

BATHINDA: On a call given by the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha to observe the day as ‘Save Agriculture, Save Democracy’, 30 farm bodies have decided to march towards Punjab Raj Bhawan at Chandigarh from Gurdwara Amb Sahib in Mohali. They have urged their activists to reach the the gurdwara by 11am to start the march. A five-member committee has been formed to organise the protest in a peaceful manner. A memorandum is to be handed over to the Punjab governor or his representative, addressed to the President of India. The decision for the march was taken in a meeting of the farm organisations at Singhu border on Thursday. Farm leader Satnam Singh Ajnala, who presided over the meeting, said, “We hope the Chandigarh administration will not obstruct our march as we have to reach Raj Bhawan in a peaceful manner only to handover a memorandum, as will be done at many other states too.” Protesters had been asked to come prepared as per Covid-19 protocols and bring their water bottles and meals with them, he added. Panel of Prem Singh Bhangu, Harinder Singh Lakhowal, Sukhdarshan Singh Natt, Parminder Singh and Balwant Singh Brahmke will look into all the arrangements for the march. The farm organisations also called upon farmers to return to protest sites after paddy transplantation. It was also stated that soon action plan would be chalked out to oppose BJP in UP and Uttrakhand polls.

The Times of India

2021-06-18

Chandigarh