Sisters donate money from piggy banks to farmers

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 1

Navroz Kaur (19) and Komalpreet (15), daughters of former District Science Supervisor Baljinder Singh, recently not only convinced their father to visit the Singhu border but also donated money from piggy banks to the protesting farmers.

The girls spent two days at the border and met farmers. They also carried placards with them which read, “Sarkar ne kaale kanoon likhe ne dosto, enna nu rad krvake asi itihas likhange”.

Baljinder shared that it was a one-day visit, but his daughters were so moved by the environment there that they urged him to stay there for one more day.

Navroz and Komalpreet not only spent time with farmers of Punjab but also interacted with their counterparts from Haryana and tried to understand every aspect of their protest. They also observed unity and different cultures at the Singhu and Tikri borders.

Baljinder Singh had earlier shared that his daughters asked him to go there and support the farmers. He said his daughters had motivated him to go earlier too and show solidarity with the farmers. “It is because of their pursuance that I visited the border. Now again, I will take them along just because they insisted and told me that they wanted to see the situation there,” he said.

“As my daughters saw children and elderly persons going there, they also expressed their wish to go there. Apart from the protest, I have seen an amalgamation of every culture. There is no discrimination among people there. Children belonging to poor families in Delhi have been coming and are partaking of langar which farmers are organising,” Baljinder said.