Farmers Pull Out All the Stops for Their Republic Day Parade ‘Kisan mazdoor ekta zindabad’
The green and yellow flag that has come to symbolize the people’s movement against the controversial farm laws is all set to dot the entire landscape in Punjab, Haryana and the national capital in the days to come.
Embossed with the simple slogan ‘Kisan Mazdoor Ekta Zindabad’ (Long live farmer, workers unity), activists plan to use these flags as the prime motivational tool to make the proposed Kisan Tractor Parade on Republic Day a huge success.
“The message that needs to be spread is that it is high time the public comes to reclaim its Republic from anti people policies,” said a prominent activist.
A farmer makes coffee for fellow farmers during a protest against the new farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi (PTI)
BATHINDA: As many as 50 non-resident Indians (NRIs) from Canada, the US, UK and Australia reached Delhi s Singhu border on Wednesday to back the farm groups protesting against the three new agri laws brought in by the Centre. The NRIs, who offered material and monetary support for the protesters, said they were awed by the resilience of the farmers.
Toronto-based IT engineer Surinder Mavi, who had posted a video clip on December 19 urging NRIs to reach Singhu border on December 30, said: Though we had been holding protests in the countries where we are settled, we wanted to participate in the sustained struggle against the black laws on Delhi s borders too. Accordingly, groups of NRIs from different countries arrived at the protest site and were overwhelmed to see the determination of farmers to not settle for anything less than repealing of the laws. We have