Ludhiana: In a unique show of bonhomie, Congress leaders led by joint coordinator of Kisan Congress Gursimran Singh Mand sat on a 24-hour strike, along with representatives of several Hindu organisations like Shiv Sena Hindustan, Mahadev Sena, etc. The main agenda of this hunger strike, which is being organised at Jagraon bridge, is to show solidarity with the farmers protesting near Delhi against the central government’s farmer laws.
Speaking on the occasion, Mand said, “We have started this hunger strike against the BJP government’s anti-farmer laws, which have been passed to benefit corporates and destroy the farmers of the country. By organising this hunger strike we want to let the farmers of the country know that the Congress and people of Punjab stand shoulder to shoulder with the farmers who are our ‘anndatas’. Come what may, we will oppose any attempt by the central government to go ahead with its forced decision on the farmers.”
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Ludhiana, December 20
Residents paid tributes to farmers who have died during the ongoing agitation against the three farm Acts. Residents in a large number gathered on the Railway road outside the district office of the BJP where tributes were paid to them.
Members of the Shiv Sena Hindustan, Congress Kisan Cell, Jan Shakti Morcha and several other social groups took part in the event.
Krishan Sharma and Chandarkant Chadha of the Shiv Sena Hindustan said two-minute silence was also observed at the site for the departed souls.
They said despite the fact that the BJP was claiming that these Acts were in favour of the farmers, its leaders were not able to hold talks with the farmers to prove their point.