Far Away From Media Attention, Rural Punjab Keeps Farmers Protest Alive
Despite the fact that the media and public have shifted their focus away from the farmers protest due to the COVID-19 crisis, protesters are still finding novel ways to keep the momentum alive.
Farmers in rural Punjab continue to protest in spite of COVID-19 restrictions. Photo: Special arrangement.
âSannu saal ho chaleya, Modi da pit syapa kardeyâ (‘Weâve been crying against Modi for over a year now but we wonât stop’), exclaimed Gurpreet Kaur, a woman in her late thirties who is the movement in-charge at Baras village in Patiala district. Her two children and her husband accompany her everywhere.