‘A flower for every nail’, pledge farmers protesting at Ghazipur border
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Sarkar hamare liye kaatein aur taar lagayegi, hum uske liye phool lagayenge. The government will plant nails and razor wires for us, we will plant flowers for it,” said Sukhjeet Singh, a farmer, pointing to a group of men digging a patch of land near the coils of sharp concertina wires placed as part of the several layers of barricading at the Ghazipur border near Delhi.
“We have already planted potatoes and sugarcane in two rows. This is all we know or can do. What they [the government] have done is their job; we farmers will do ours,” Mr. Singh said as some of the farmers squatted to plant flowers while others, at a little distance, patted the soil where they had sown vegetables on Saturday afternoon.