Farmers Movement Archive

Uttar Pradesh kisan mahapanchayat boosts farmers’ resolve

BATHINDA: Enthused by the turnout at the Muzaffarnagar mahapanchayat to kick-start the Mission UP, the farm leaders said it will prove to be a turning point in the ongoing struggle against contentious farm laws and will provide much-needed “What is more enthusing is that the Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat got unprecedented support not only from farmers, but other sections of society too,” Darshan Pal of SKM said. Farmers had come from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra, he said. Women and youths too had come carrying national flag, apart from flags of their organisations, SKM said. The tone and tenor remained against BJP and its affiliates. “The farmers have made their presence felt. This mahapanchayat has clearly showcased that their enthusiasm and anger against BJP has not waned with the passage of time, but it has increased seeing the rigidity and egoistic approach of Narendra Modi-led central government,” alleged BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan, while speaking on phone from Muzaffarnagar. “Hundreds of langars, medical camps and mobile clinics were enough to tell the commitment of locals. This has shown that this struggle is not of Punjab and Haryana only as BJP and its allies had been claiming from the beginning,” said BKU (Ekta Dakaunda) vicepresident Manjit Singh Dhaner.

The Times of India

2021-09-06

Amritsar