Farmers Movement Archive

Lakhimpur Kheri incident: Protests refuse to die down

Amritsar, October 5Two days after the killing of nine persons, including four farmers, in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri, protests by different sections of society continue in the city.Activists of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) blocked the Amritsar-Attari stretch of the GT road on the Vallah bypass here on Tuesday. They burnt an effigy of the BJP government and raised slogans against it. They sought a repeal of all three agricultural laws.Addressing activists, Gurbachan Singh Chabba, a senior leader of the KMSC, accused the Central government of fomenting trouble to fizzle out the year-long peaceful struggle in the history of free India.“With a view to provoking farmers, the BJP government orchestrated the killing of farmers. The Union Government wanted to torpedo the agitation so that it could easily hand over the country to big corporate houses like Ambani and Adani,” he said.Workers of the AAP, Amritsar, held protests against the atrocities on farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in all five constituencies of the city. Protests were also held in the Central, East, West, North and South Assembly constituencies in the city. They raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. They also raised slogans against Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra and his son.

The Tribune

2021-10-06