Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers up the ante against farm Bills in Jalalndhar

Jalandhar, September 18Farmer organisations in Punjab have started a massive protest against the farm Bills introduced by the Centre in Parliament. The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Doaba) today announced that they will be pasting banners “Narendra Modi, Kisan Virodhi” in the villages in Doaba. “Jehda Kisan Nal Khadega, Ohi Pinda Vich Vadega” (Those who support farmers, will be allowed to enter the villages), said members of the BKU (Doaba).Satnam Singh Sahni, spokesperson, BKU (Doaba), said the step has been taken to convey the message that the Central Government was anti-farmer and anti-people.“No matter what the government says, we know that the farm Bills are not in favour of farmers,” Sahni said adding that farmers were also upset with non-supportive attitude of political parties. “It was only after farmers got together, political outfits rushed to support them, but only for personal gains,” he rued.Manjit Singh Rai, chief, BKU (Doaba), said banners will create awareness among farmers regarding the decisions taken by the Central Government in the last six years, which can prove detrimental for the farming community.Following a call by the Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh, farmers got posters printed which read, “Vadda khilafi Karan Valiyan Rajneetik Partiyan Da Pind Andar Aana Mana Hai” (Entry of political parties which have not fulfilled their promises is banned). The Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh also released a book in Punjabi titled “Narendra Modi, Kisan Virodhi”.Eleven farmer organisations held a meet in Ludhiana. They formed a five-member committee to interact with 10 farmer unions, which have announced to observe “Punjab Bandh” on September 25 against the farm Bills. A joint meet of all the farmers’ organisations will be held on September 19 in Moga.Harsimrat’s resignation political gimmick: AroraHoshiarpur: Asserting that the Punjab Government will stand by farmers, Industries and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora today accused SAD for blatantly ignoring the interests of agriculturists, besides terming resignation of Harsimrat Kaur Badal from the Union Cabinet as a “political stunt”.Arora said the village and district-level protests against the farm Bills will be staged across the state on Monday.

The Tribune

2020-09-19