Germany-based club organises kabaddi meet to raise funds for farmers’ kin

Mukesh Tandon

Tribune News Service

Sonepat, January 21

Members of a Germany-based club organised a kabaddi tournament at Kundli near Singhu border today. Hundreds of agitating farmers, especially youth and elderly enjoyed the tourney.

Besides, the farmers’ protest against the three farm laws continued on the 56th day on Thursday. The tournament was organised by Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjeet Singh Club of Germany, said Mandeep Singh, a member of the organising committee, adding that president of the club Kuldeep Singh and Inderjeet Singh Josan from Germany had arrived at Singhu border for the tournament.

The motive behind organising the tournament was to collect funds to provide financial help to the families of the farmers who died during the ongoing protest here, he said.

Eight teams, including six from Punjab and two from Haryana, comprising of various national and international players of kabaddi participated in the tournament, said Mandeep Singh.

“It has been around two months that we are protesting against the three farm laws but the government is paying no heed to our demands,” said Sanjampreet Singh, a farmer from Moga.

Deep Singh, an elderly person from Samrala, said kabaddi tournaments were famous in Punjab and most players belonged to farmers’ families.