Farmers Movement Archive

More farmers to flock to UP gate after November 20?

GHAZIABAD: With winter knocking on the door, farmer leaders at the Ghazipur border said on Sunday they had started making arrangements to deal with the chill. Many members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), which is spearheading the agitation at UP Gate, said the number of farmers protesting against the three agriculture laws of the Centre would increase after November 20. Many farmers from various districts of UP are likely to flock to UP Gate after having sown their wheat crop, they said. A meeting of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha is scheduled at the Singhu border on November 9 to discuss the course of the protest. Farmer leader Jagtar Singh Bajwa, who is also the spokesperson for the Kisan Morcha Ghazipur Border, told TOI: “About 1,000 farmers have been camping at the Ghazipur border at present. This number is expected to go up after November 20 because more farmers will join after completing their sowing process. We have started making arrangements for mattresses, blankets and other such things.” He added that the SKM would take a call on how the protest would be planned after November 26, when the farmers’ agitation will complete a year. “So many farmers have given their lives but the Centre has not taken any positive decision. The government has been busy hatching conspiracies against the movement, but the solidarity of the farmers and labourers of the country has thwarted every such conspiracy. The unity of the movement is the guarantee of our success,” he said. Last year, help had poured in from various quarters at the Ghazipur border during the winter, when the mercury dropped to single digits. Several students and farmers’ organisations from Punjab and Uttarakhand had distributed sweaters, shawls, blankets, shoes and slippers among the farmers.

The Times of India

2021-11-08

Ghaziabad