Farmers Movement Archive

More farmers leave for Delhi

A convoy of around 100 vehicles comprising tractor-trailers, buses, trucks and cars, ferrying farmers from different villages of the district left for Delhi under the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC).The farmers would first perform ‘ardas’ at the Golden Temple in Amritsar before heading to Delhi with their counterparts.Satnam Singh Pannu, chief, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, said large number of youth left for Delhi morcha. Harpreet Singh Sidhwan, member of the KMSC said they were holding village-level meetings with farmers on the three agri laws and the next jatha would also leave for Delhi soon.Ardas held for protection of farmers’ rightsAmritsar: On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the Khalra Mission Organisation, Punjab Human Rights Organisation and Human Rights Justice Struggle Committee, today conducted ‘ardas’ at the Akal Takht for success of the ongoing farmers’ agitation and protection of human rights.Paramjit Kaur Khalra, head, Khalra Mission Organisation, said the objective behind conducting ‘Ardas’ was welfare of the farming community and the Panth. “The Centre has to abandon its arrogance and repeal the three agri laws. Farmers have been compelled to protest in winter. The entire farming community from various parts of the country is protesting against the agri laws, but the Supreme Court has yet not taken any notice of it,” said Khalra. — TNS

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2020-12-12