Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers doing everything to boycott Jio

Farmers have been holding meetings at village level asking people to boycott Jio and shift to other networks. On Thursday, various tower connections of Jio were targeted in Nawanshahr. As many as 11 connections were cut off in Nawanshahr. Villages, where farmers targeted Jio towers include Majra Kalan, Skohpur, Mallpur Arkan, Sawajpur, Asmaan Pur, Kariha, Khankhana, Sall Kalan, Sall Khurd, Bajeed Dudhala and Katarian. While scores of farmers are already fighting for the cause by staying at Singhu and Tikri borders for the past more than 25 days, farmers who are here have also held the baton of making people shun Jio and Reliance group. Bhupinder Singh from Kirti Kisan Union said: “People are agreeing with us. We have seen that everyone is supporting the movement and many have also shifted towards other networks. This is something which should be appreciated,” he said. “Such is the response of people that they invite us to their villages and hold meetings and give us assurances that they will do anything to support us and the farmer movement,” Singh said. Farmers are advising people not to buy anything from reliance stores. They even forced shut several stores of Reliance and Easy Day. The move was led by Kirti Kisan Union leaders, Surinder Singh Bains, Bhupinder Singh, Tarsem Singh Bains and Paramjit Singh Shahabpur.— Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

The Tribune

2020-12-25

Jalandhar