Farmers Movement Archive

7 months of Singhu border protest

Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, June 26On a call given by the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a large number of farmers on Saturday took out a protest march and went up to the Governor’s house in Chandigarh. The march marked the completion of seven months of the protest at Delhi borders.The farmers are not tired as they know that it is no time to rest. We will continue with the protest till our demands are accepted by the Central Government and the controversial agri laws are repealed. - Lakhbir Singh Nizampura, state vice-president, All India Kisan SabhaFarmers are united under the banner of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and believe they have provided good leadership during the agitation. -  Rattan Singh Randhawa, member of Border Area Sangharsh CommitteeLed by Lakhbir Singh Nizampura, state vice-president, All-India Kisan Sabha, and president of the Vegetable Growers Association, the farmers started from Chandigarh in several buses.The farmer leaders stated that though paddy transplantation was on in full swing, farmers and workers turned up in large numbers. They stated that the government’s tactics to prolong the protest and exhaust farmers had failed.“The farmers are not tired as they know that it is no time to rest. We will continue with the protest till our demands are accepted by the Central Government and the controversial agri laws are repealed,” said Nizampura.A different group of farmers also started for Singhu border to be a part of the ongoing protest. The farmers boarded a train for Delhi from the railway station here early in the morning on Saturday.Farm leader Rattan Singh Randhawa of the Border Area Sangharsh Committee said, “The farmers are united under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and believe that they have provided good leadership during the agitation.”Randhawa said apart from the controversial agri laws, the ever-increasing prices of oil, especially diesel, has baffled the common man. “In Punjab, demand for diesel during the paddy season is highest. It has led to increase in input costs,” he said.Meanwhile, members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association also staged a protest outside the DC office to protest against the high prices of diesel and petrol and to express solidarity with the farmers. Association leader Kanwaljit Kaur said the rising prices of essential items had affected poor and middle-class families.

The Tribune

2021-06-27