Ghadarite’s nephew reaches Singhu on foot from Jalandhar
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Ghadarite’s nephew reaches Singhu on foot from Jalandhar
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Tribune News ServiceJalandhar, December 23Holding an iconic picture of five ghadarites and walking on foot continuously for four days, a marginal farmer, Gurtej Singh, from Mehatpur village reached Singhu border to support protesting farmers on Monday.Gurtej Singh is a grand nephew of Ghadarite Santa Singh, one of the five Ghadar revolutionaries who were arrested and shackled to chains at the Amritsar railway station during a protest of the Kisan Morcha for the farmers’ rights in 1938.Gurtej said he had grown up listening to great stories of his grandfather’s brother ghadarite Santa Singh.When the state-level farmers’ protests were held in Punjab, great-grandnephews of Santa Singh joined them in Jalandhar.Gurtej shared that he covered 300 km. “I walked 70 km during the day and slept at dhabas in the night. On the way, I was amazed to meet so many people who were more than aware of the Central agriculture laws. Everyone showed their solidarity with farmers,” he said.Gurtej said it was unfortunate that farmers were still fighting for their rights for which his elders raise their voice in 1938. He had also been embarking on a 20-km journey on his cycle every day to spread the word on the Central laws in remote areas before the Delhi protest started.
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The Tribune
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2020-12-24