Doaba women to form committees, hold door-to-door campaign against laws

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 4

Women from the Doaba region will now act as a catalyst in the ongoing protest against the farm laws. A group of women farmers under the Kirti Kisan Union has decided to increase the participation of women in the stir. From Tuesday, women farmers will visit various villages in Doaba and garner support to form committees.

The committees will not only include farmers but also women belonging to all sectors and areas. The group will start from Nawanshahr villages and go to every household and organise meetings to make people aware of the farm laws.

Villages that will be covered on the first day are Swajpur, Asmaanpur and Ramraipur in Nawanshahr.

Farmer Surjit Kaur from Jadla in Nawanshahr said since the talks with the government were not giving any positive result, it was clear that farmers would have to remain there for a long time.

“So, it is important to strengthen the protest by increasing the number of women in the movement,” she said.

On January 18, the women will be making their presence felt by holding protests at the local level and on January 26, they will accompany the farmers in tractor-trailers.

Gurbaksh Kaur, another farmer from Sahaabpur village, Nawanshahr, said till now, women from the Malwa region were taking part in huge numbers, but now, women from Doaba will also make their presence felt.

“We will start from our homes early morning and come back in the evening. We are not going to sit back quietly. We are going to fight along with our brothers,” she said.

“We are self-employed. We do farming and earn a living. The farmers don’t get their dues and now, the government has forced these laws on us. History tells us that women have managed to give thrust to movements, which is why we will fight too,” she said.