Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers start returning home from Tikri, Singhu

Hundreds of farmers camping at the Tikri border for the past over a year today left for their home after getting information about the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM)’s decision to call off the protest. However, the SKM announced that they would go back home after celebration on December 11.Those who returned home in the first batch belonged to distant places like Pathankot, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Ferozepur, while a majority of them also packed their belongings to go back early in the morning tomorrow. The farmers also danced at the main protest site to celebrate their victory when the SKM’s decision was announced from the dais.“After the Centre accepted all our demands yesterday, we were confident about going back home today, hence all our bags were packed in the morning. We loaded these on tractor-trailers and other vehicles as soon as the SKM announced to call off the agitation from the Singhu border,” said Harvinder of Amritsar.Gurjeet from Gurdaspur said they had called their other family members to Tikri from Punjab yesterday for taking our baggage and other belongings back in the vehicles. Some of the farmers had, earlier, sent their tractors back to the village for agriculture purposes and their trailers were stationed at the border, hence they too fetched the tractors here to take the trailers back to the home, he added.Pargat Singh, a senior leader of the BKU (Rajewal), confirmed that hundreds of farmers, especially hailing from distant places, left for home today.“There might have been a traffic jam issue en route to Punjab, hence these farmers preferred to return home today to prevent the possibility of any such issue. Tomorrow, farmers will not only pack their luggage and load it on the trailers and other vehicles, but also ensure cleanliness at the border as was decided. A majority of the farmers will leave for Punjab on Saturday as per the SKM’s decision,” said Singh.The BKU leader expressed his gratitude to the people of Bahadurgarh town and other places for lending them a helping hand.Meanwhile, celebrations erupted at the Singhu border, the centre of the farmers’ movement for the past one year, on Thursday soon after leaders of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) announced the victory of their one-year-long stir. Besides, hundreds of the farmers started packing their belongings, tents and started removing their temporary shelters at the border after the SKM’s announcement.The farmers were seen holding victory processions. Groups of farmers were seen dancing with songs and music on their tractors and distributing sweets amongst each other. Some groups were seen singing victory songs, with people showering flowers on them.Several farmer groups were seen busy loading their belongings in their trucks while others had called vehicles to take back their belongings from the borders.

The Tribune

2021-12-10

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