In Haryana, farmers firm on repeal demand, say ready to intensify stir
Despite government’s assurances, the farmers feel they may lose the facility of minimum support price (MSP) in coming years. But bigger apprehension of the farmers is for their agricultural land. December 11, 2020 12:23:57 pm
Haryana BKU President Gurnam Singh Chaduni at Singhu border. (Photo source: BKU)
With their unions rejecting government proposal for amendments in the agri laws, the farmers from Haryana said they will now hold more meetings in the villages to intensify the stir.
“I don’t know technicalities as this is a task of our senior leaders but we are ready for any sacrifice. We have full faith in our leadership and will continue the stir,” says Ranbir Fauji, a resident of Ghickara village of Charkhi Dadri district. An ex-serviceman Ranbir, 55, is now active in the village to mobilise farmers for the next phase. “Now, we are ready to sit on dharnas i
A group of them have installed solar plates on their trucks to charge phones and light bulbs. Gurpinder Singh (40), who brought two solar plates from Karnal in Haryana, said: “We mainly use the electricity generated to charge the bulbs because the langar service runs late into the night. My friends also charge their phones using the solar plates.”
The langar also has roti maker, brought from a gurdwara in Haryana, which makes more than 1,000 rotis in an hour. The farmers put balls of dough inside the machine and fresh rotis pop out in 5-10 minutes. Farmers said it runs on batteries stored in trucks or charged by the solar plates.