Farmers Movement Archive

‘Centre punishing farmers by suspending goods trains’

Amritsar, October 28The farmer community here feels that the Central government is trying to punish the tillers for the ongoing protest against the three agriculture related laws by stopping the services of goods trains.The farmer leaders have stated that the ongoing protest is completely peaceful and the Central government by asking the state government to give assurance of the safety of trains and their crew members is trying to malign the image of farmer unions.Sarwan Singh Pandher of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee said that even the state government was trying to sabotage the peasants’ movement. He said the state government knew that the ongoing protest was peaceful and there was no threat to railways staff or property. He said that in such circumstances, the state government should have easily tackled the Central government’s designs by assuring them of safety.The farmer leaders stated that they were not against the economic interests of traders but the Centre by stopping goods trains had harmed traders’ interests. The protest against the three agriculture laws entered its 28th day here on Wednesday. The farmers are sitting in protest at Buttari railway station, Gehri Mandi railway station, outside the residence of BJP leader Shwait Malik, toll plazas and petrol pumps of Reliance Industries Limited.

The Tribune

2020-10-29