Updated: 26 May 2021 1:18:20 PM
To mark six months of protests on the nationwide capital’s borders over agricultural legal guidelines, farmers are celebrating a nationwide ‘Resistance Day’ on Wednesday. In many cities and villages of Punjab and Haryana and on the borders of Delhi, marches are being carried out, black flags are being raised and effigies are being burnt.
In Sidhwan Kalan, a village in Ludhiana district, the ladies led the protests chanting “We will fight, we will win”, whereas a gaggle of farmers marched with black flags in Toor in Amritsar district. The effigy of the Prime Minister was burnt in nearly all of the villages of Punjab.
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In a video message launched on Wednesday, Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) President Gurnam Singh Chaduni mentioned, “We are celebrating the day to oppose PM Narendra Modi. Today is the day to indicate our opposition to ourselves and our household. Hoist black flags in your roofs and autos and blow an effigy of the Prime Minister. This is our struggle for financial freedom. “
Amid the second wave of epidemic, leaders of the United Kisan Morcha (SKM) Told Indian Express They had been aiming at a symbolic protest with the Kovid Protocol, to not present power. He additionally mentioned that they’re prepared for a proposal by way of negotiations however the authorities ought to deliver a viable proposal.
Last week, many opposition leaders supported ‘Black Day’. In a letter, Leaders of a minimum of 12 events reiterated their demand for repeal of the three controversial legal guidelines and requested the federal government to renew talks with the farmers unions.
On Wednesday, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal hoisted a black flag at his residence and urged the Center to deal with farmers ‘kindly’. He mentioned, ‘I once more urge the Center to deal with farmers sympathetically and repeal black legal guidelines. Today, #BlackFlag has been hoisted above my Badal residence and that is how Akali Dal leaders and activists have carried out the identical by celebrating Black Day, ”he tweeted.
Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been staging protests in Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur since 26 November 2020. His final spherical of talks with the federal government occurred on 22 January.
Farmers have urged others, together with laborers, youth, unemployed, businessmen and shopkeepers, to affix the protests and wave black flags at their properties, outlets and industrial institutions.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
