To mark the seven-month protest of farmers in opposition to three controversial agricultural legal guidelines handed by Parliament final 12 months and submit a memorandum to the President of India, 1000’s of farmers took COVID rules for a toss in Punjab on Saturday, as 1000’s of farmers took to Chandigarh. marched in the direction of State Governor.
The marching farmers, in solidarity with the protesters who’ve been tenting on the borders of Delhi for the previous seven months, additionally raised slogans of ‘Save agriculture, save democracy’ as they made their approach to Chandigarh.
Sources stated a lot of the protesters from all 32 farmer organisations, BKU Ugrahan and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti (KMSC) marched in the direction of Chandigarh, together with a number of district-level protests exterior the workplaces of all of the Deputy Commissioners (DCs). 22 districts of the state
Apart from this, protests and dharna demonstrations have been additionally held in any respect 108 pucca dharna websites in Punjab. Farmers’ union leaders stated the spotlight of Saturday’s protest was sustaining self-discipline in dissent, and due to this fact the variety of youths who participated was restricted.
“We never wanted things to get out of hand in the excitement. Since January 26, we have been very careful about maintaining discipline while holding dharnas. Each farmer union leader was assigned certain duties. It was our youth. There was a mix of middle-aged and elderly farmers, who marched towards Chandigarh on Saturday morning,” stated Jagmohan Singh Patiala, normal secretary of BKU, Dakonda, whereas speaking to The Indian Express.
“We organized protest marches in all districts and submitted a memorandum in Chandigarh. In every district, farmers marched towards their DC office where they staged a sit-in for an hour. It took the farmers an hour to march to the DC offices and they staged a sit-in for an hour. Later langar was served from outside the DC offices before the agitation ended,” stated Narayan Dutt of Inquilabi Manch, one of many farmers’ organizations that participated in Saturday’s march.
In Barnala, farmers marched in the direction of their DC workplace on bikes whilst most of them have been seen not carrying masks or carrying them incorrectly. Similar was the scenario in Bathinda and Mansa, although a lot of the farmers in Ludhiana tried to put on masks whereas marching in the direction of the DC workplace.
“We knew there was no public dealings in DC offices on Saturdays. But we decided to take out the march today as it was 7 months of our protest outside the borders of Delhi. Like the dark days of Emergency, people are not being allowed to express their rights, dissent and opinion, and new laws are being forcibly imposed on us,” stated Saudagar Singh Ghudani, president of BKU Ugraan in Ludhiana district.
A protest march was taken out to the DC workplace in Bathinda, however no dharna occurred, it was confirmed by Jagsir Singh Jhumba, a member of BKU Ugraan. “Discipline was important in today’s protest as we focused on sending the message that we are all united in this struggle,” Zumba stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
