Rally marks farmers’ 7 months of stir

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 26

Following a call given by the Samuykt Kisan Morcha to observe ‘Save agriculture, save democracy day, farmers staged a protest outside the DC office, near Bharat Nagar Chowk, here, on Saturday. At the same time, the protest also marked the anniversary of the Emergency imposed in 1975 and seven months of the protest on the Delhi borders against the farm laws.

During the protest today, the farmers were demanding to repeal the three farm laws enacted by the Central Government.

They said the black laws were aimed at benefitting some big corporates by ignoring rights of the farmers.

They were also demanding the reversal of wrong trade policies.

The farmers said violations of human rights under the “undeclared emergency” must be stopped in the country. They said social activists, writers, artistes, lawyers and others who were arrested for raising their voice in the public interest must be released from jails at the earliest.

Farmer leaders said they would keep fighting for their rights. While addressing a protest rally, they said the day when the Congress government had declared an Emergency in 1975 and violated human rights was marked as a black day in the history of the country.

Today, the BJP government at the Centre, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have also created an “undeclared emergency” in the country by introducing the black farm laws and other wrong policies. Those who raised voice against the policies were being sent to jails, they said.

Bharti Kisan Union (Ugrahan) leader Saudagar Singh Ghudani said all people should come together against the farm laws and there was a dire need to run a mass movement to get arrested activists, writers and others released from jails. BKU leaders Sadhu Singh Panjeta and Kuldeep Singh Grewal were among those others present.