Won’t rest till demands met: Farmers

Rohtak, October 16

Leaders of farmers’ unions said they would continue the stir against the farm laws. They said this at the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan-Mazdoor taalmel mahapanchayat near the Makdauli toll plaza on Rohtak-Gohana Road today.

The agitation also got support from the Hooda khap and Independent MLAs Somveer Sangwan and Balraj Kundu.

“The government is using tactics to derail the stir, but we will continue it till the black laws are repealed,” said BKU leader Gurnam Charuni.

Rakesh Tikait, national spokesperson of the BKU, also accused the BJP of maintaining an anti-farmer stance.

Regarding the brutal murder of a man at Singhu, Tikait said the person responsible for the incident had been arrested, adding that it would not bring a bad name to the stir.

“The stir has been running for nearly 11 months, and will continue till the demands of the farmers are fufilled.”

On fixing the responsibility of incidents such as the recent killing, Tikait said the law-enforcement agencies should also be held responsible for it.

“The incident occurred near the Delhi-Haryana border, where the officials of the law-enforcing agencies are deployed round the clock. What were they doing when the incident occured?” questioned Tikait.

On the inconvenience being caused to the people due to the blocking of roads at the protest sites, Tikait said the police had constructed walls and laid barricades. — TNS