Farmers immerse ashes of Lakhimpur Khiri victims in Sutlej

Anirudh Gupta

Ferozepur, October 22

Thousands of farmers belonging to the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) today reached Hussainiwala to immerse the ashes of the Lakhimpur Khiri victims in the Sutlej.

The farmers led by Shingara Singh, state head, first visited the National Martyrs Memorial, Hussainiwala, to pay tribute to martyrs Bhagat Singh Rajguru and Sukhdev.

Later, they went to the banks of the Sutlej to immerse the ashes of Daljit Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Lovepreet Singh, Nachhatar Singh and Raman Kashyap who had died in the Lakhimpur Khiri incident.

Addressing the congregation, farmer leaders, including Shingara Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Janak Singh and Jagtar Singh, said farmers unions would take the ashes across the nation to awaken people against the “anti-farmer” policies of the BJP-led Central government.

“For the past over one year, farmers have been protesting in adverse conditions along the Delhi border, demanding repeal of the three contentious agricultural laws. But their pleas have fallen on deaf ears,” they rued.