Farmers Movement Archive

Save nation from private firms, Rakesh Tikait tells farmers

Yamunanagar, August 26Farmers, under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, held a mahapanchayat in Bilaspur town of Yamunanagar district on Thursday.The purpose behind holding the mahapanchayat was to mobilise support for a “big panchayat” to be held in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, on September 5 and against the three “black” farm laws.Addressing the mahapanchayat in Bilaspur town, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that a mission to save the country would be started from Muzaffarnagar on September 5.“The Centre didn’t mention in its manifesto that it would sell public sector companies. But now, it is — one after the other — selling public sector companies to private people. These private companies will now exploit the people of the country,” said Rakesh Tikait.He said that all countrymen including youths, the common man, farmers and labourers should take to the streets to save the country from being sold to private companies.He further said that as Yamunanagar district is situated close to Muzaffarnagar, more and more people of this district should take part in the big panchayat. “More and more people should attend the big panchayat being held in Muzaffarnagar to save the country,” said Rakesh Tikait.He said that the government was lying on the issue of inviting farmer leaders for talks on the issue of the three farm laws.“We are demanding guarantee of minimum support price of crops and the repeal of the three black farm laws. We will not return home and end our protest until our demands are met,” said Tikait.The mahapanchayat was attended by farmer leaders Ratan Mann, Ravi Azad, Satpal Kaushik, Subhash Gurjar, Sanju Gundiana and others.

The Tribune

2021-08-27