Farmers Movement Archive

Agri laws: Farmers to continue opposing Centre’s proposal

Amritsar, December 18Farmers continued to hold protests at different places. They have blocked the railway line at Jandiala railway station and are also protesting outside the residence of Rajya Sabha MP Shwait Malik.The train connectivity continued to remain in a limbo, forcing people to commute by road as preference of choice. The railway continue to keep some trains cancelled, short originated many and commute four passenger trains and some goods trains from diverted routes.The 02904 Amritsar- Mumbai Central express, 02903 Mumbai Central- Amritsar express, the 04649 / 73 Jaynagar – Amritsar express and 04650 /74 Amritsar- Jaynagar express were diverted to run via Amritsar- Tarn Taran- Beas.Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) Punjab President Satnam Singh Pannu, state general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher informed about the joint discussion which had taken place between the KMSC and BKU (Ugrahan) at Delhi’s Singhu-Kundli border.They stated that opposition from corporate houses and boycott of their goods would be intensified. They said with the Essential Commodities Act 2020, the capitalists will have the right to arbitrarily stockpile agricultural commodities.Pensioners hold agitation in cityAmritsar: While supporting farmers’ agitation, the Punjab Pensioners Front on Friday held an agitation outside the DC’s office here. They condemned the Punjab Government's indifferent attitude towards their demands. The front sought immediate release of DA instalments, besides clearing of medical bills in a time bound manner. They said that the pensioners should also be covered under government's health insurance scheme.

The Tribune

2020-12-19