‘We are prepared to stay at Delhi border for 6 months’
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‘We are prepared to stay at Delhi border for 6 months’
Description
At the border, a group of young girls from different universities and student bodies in Punjab and Haryana have also joined the movement, and they sing revolutionary songs. Arpan, 29, member of a student body called Bekhauf Azadi, said their songs depicted the plight of the farmers. “These laws affect our families and indirectly affect us… our education,” she said. “My parents haven’t come here and I have come with my group. My parents support me in coming here for the cause because they are also farmers,” said Jaspreer Kaur, 28, a Ph.D scholar from Punjab University. At Singhu, one of the two border points where farmers have gathered (the other being the Tikri border), Hardev Singh Babbar, 40, a farmer from Mohali, ensured that no one crossed over or tried to create nuisance where the police had installed barricades. “They [the police] are there, we are here. Both sides don’t interfere with each other. Everything is peaceful,” he said.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2020-11-29
Coverage
November 29 2020 00:00 IST