Farmers Movement Archive

Flower petals showered on farmers heading back home in Amritsar

Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, December 13Hundreds of farmers sitting at Delhi borders for more than a year returned to their homes with social, religious and political organisations showering rose petals on them here on Monday. More farmers are expected to return in the coming days.Flower petals were showered on the farmers at Beas, Rayya, Butari, Khalchian, Tangra, Jandiala Guru, Makhu, Harike, Sarhali, Naushera Pannua, Sheron, Tarn Taran, Daburji, Golden Gate and Jallianwala Bagh. Large crowds of residents turned up at places to accord welcome to the returning heroes. At many places, residents organised langars and distributed sweets.Residents termed the farmers as heroes who had not succumbed to government pressure. They braved vagaries of weather while staying in the open at Delhi borders.Rattan Singh Randhawa, a farmer leader associated with the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), said, “The local farmers expressed gratitude to especially those who had spent long time at Delhi borders. Some of them had not visited their homes for the last one year and they were dropped at their homes by large groups of supporters today.”Senior leaders of the SKM and its affiliated farmer organisations, including Balbir Singh Rajewal, Rakesh Tikait, Kulwant Singh Sandhu, Ruldu Singh Mansa, Harmeet Singh Quadian, Buta Singh Burj Gill, Jagjeet Singh Dalewal, Satnam Singh Ajnala, Manjit Rai, Dr Darshan Pal, Nirbeh Singh Dudhike, Lakhbir Singh Nizampura, Kawalpreet Singh Pannu and others, were present and paid obeisance at Darbar Sahib.

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2021-12-14