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BATHINDA: Even as protests by farmers in Punjab completed four months on Sunday, panchayats across the state have started asking every household to send at least one member to the protest sites. Some village panchayats are calling upon their residents to join the farm protests on the borders of Delhi or else ‘pay a fine’ in the event of non-participation from a household. Earlier, the task of mobilising protesters was limited to activists of farm organisations.
It was on October 1, 2020, that indefinite protests had started in Punjab, first at railway tracks, toll plazas and business establishments of some corporate houses and then at the residences of some BJP leaders. The protests are going on at 70 to 80 places in Punjab apart from the ones at the Delhi borders.
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BATHINDA: More village panchayats in Punjab have called upon their residents to join the farm protests on the borders of Delhi or pay a fine instead.
Panchayats of at least five villages in Malwa region of Punjab passed such resolutions, in which each houshold would have to send at least one male member for a week to the protest, in the last 24 hours. Though families which do not participate have been asked to pay a fine if they do not send a member, panchayats said these were just to motivate households to participate.
Farmers have been protesting on the borders of Delhi since November 26, against three contentious laws passed by the Centre last year. The latest call for support has come in the wake of the protesters coming under criticism over isolated incidents of violence in Delhi during their tractor parade on Republic Day.
BATHINDA: Even as protests by farmers in Punjab completed four months on Sunday, panchayats across the state have started asking every household to send at least one member to the protest sites. Some village panchayats are calling upon their residents to join the farm protests on the borders of Delhi or else ‘pay a fine’ in the event of non-participation from a household. Earlier, the task of mobilising protesters was limited to activists of farm organisations.
It was on October 1, 2020, that indefinite protests had started in Punjab, first at railway tracks, toll plazas and business establishments of some corporate houses and then at the residences of some BJP leaders. The protests are going on at 70 to 80 places in Punjab apart from the ones at the Delhi borders.
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