Farmers Movement Archive

Punjab farmer leaders drum up support for stir anniversary

Chandigarh, November 14Farmer leaders are back in Punjab, motivating people in villages, to go to Delhi borders on the eve of completion of one year of protests against the three central farm laws.With just less than two weeks left, various union leaders are holding a plethora of meetings in villages, exhorting people to reach the protest sites. Kirti Kisan Union president Nirbhay Singh Dhudike and vice-president Rajinder Singh Deepsinghwala today met farmers and urged them to start moving towards Delhi in their tractors.The two also cautioned farmers against rumours being spread about two of the three laws being scrapped. “This is being done to avoid a massive show of strength by farmers on the first anniversary of the agitation. There have been no talks with the central government and we are asking farmers to come in huge numbers,” said Deepsinghwala.A statement by Samyukt Kisan Morcha claimed hundreds of farmers had started reaching the protest sites, and they are expecting many more in the coming days. Buta Singh Burjgill, president of BKU (Dakaunda), said the protest at Delhi borders on November 26 would be historic. “We are holding meetings at district, block and village levels, and urging farmers to come in huge numbers to the protest sites,” he said. Meanwhile, BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) has said farmers will observe the Shaheedi Diwas of Kartar Singh Sarabha at all protest sites in Punjab on November 16.

The Tribune

2021-11-15