Thousands of tractors to leave for Delhi on Jan 20

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 15

The rail roko demonstration by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee continued for the 114th day at Manawala here on Friday.

Farmer body leaders claimed that on January 20, thousands of tractor trolleys from Tarn Taran district, to be led by Sukhwinder Singh Sabhra and Harpreet Singh Sidhwan, would leave for Delhi. Union workers are approaching farmers at the village level urging them to take part in the Delhi protest with their tractor trolleys in a big number on January 26.

Sarwan Singh Pandher, state general secretary, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, said repeated meetings with the Central Government failed to bear fruit and even the 9th round meeting also proved futile on Friday.

Now the farmer unions are making their preparations for January 26 for a peaceful tractor parade in Delhi. “The farmers’ movement is a mass movement which is aimed at repealing the agriculture laws. Some of our opponents want to create a mess among the general public about the January 26 programme but we will not allow this to happen,” said Pandher.