Elderly farmer at Ghazipur pledges to protest till law repeal 97-year-old ready to take a bullet but will not let any propaganda stop the movement
Unlike his two sons, Ilam Singh has never been in the army. Now, at the age of 97, he is ready to take a bullet.
“Pehli goli hum khayenge, lekin ab yeh andolan nahin rukega agar krishi kanoon wapas nahin liya (I shall take the first bullet, but this movement will not stop until the farm laws have been repealed),” the Jat farmer from Muzaffarnagar told reporters at the Ghazipur protest site at 2am on Friday.
A group of Calcuttans who had driven to Delhi to participate in the Kisan Parade on Republic Day have alleged the police set up “selective barricades” on the designated routes to “divert” marchers towards the Red Fort.
The Calcuttans saw police barricades in at least two places that they said were part of the scheduled routes for the tractor rally: under a footbridge near the Majnu Ka Tilla gurdwara and near Nangloi Chowk in west Delhi, some 3km from the Tikri border.
“The police stopped the marchers from proceeding along the designated routes. This infuriated many participants, some of whom then headed towards the Red Fort,” said Ranjit Singh, 51.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday blamed the Central government, actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu and the Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) for the violence during the farmers' 'tractor march' in Delhi on January 26 against the agriculture laws.
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday blamed the Central government, actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu and the Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) for the violence during the farmers' 'tractor march' in Delhi on January 26 against the agriculture laws.
‘Lose a Battle to Win the War’- Kisan Leaders Media propaganda
Sometimes one has the sense of sitting on history. And the massive farmers protest -with lakhs bringing out their tractors and marching to Delhi or state capitals across the country was one such momentous occasion. Except for the managed, or not, event at the Red Fort, the farmers responded with commendable discipline to the call by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to join a march that India has not seen since independence.
It is sad and tragic that instead of grasping the importance of the Kisan Parade the media has again sought to belittle the people, exposing its ignorance and bias in the process. And present a distorted narrative as has been done for past protests and struggles by the people, and while some might exult in brownie points scored temporarily, the damage done to democracy in this process is immense. As always. For in trying to damp down a protest, we are belittling the millions of people who have bee