Farmers’ protest: At ‘pagdi langar’, a sea of colours and solidarity
Farmers protest: Among those lined up were not just regular turban wearers getting a fresh turban but those who wish to wear them in solidarity with the protesters. Updated: December 16, 2020 10:06:01 am
Farmers at Singhu border during their sit-in protest against the Centre s farm reform laws, in New Delhi. (PTI file photo)
On Tuesday, at Singhu border, men stood in line in front of a tractor to participate in what was being called pagdi langar, with volunteers briskly tying fresh turbans on their heads.
On display in the tractor were turban cloths of all colours reds, oranges, blues, purples, yellows, greens. Tejinder Singh, who was organising the distribution, said they had material for 1,000 turbans, and that they had tied turbans for around 300 people between 9 am and 1 pm.