Here s What Really Happened During the Republic Day Tractor Rally
The vituperation hurled at the farmers on national and social media is heartbreaking.
Photo: Rohit Kumar
Rights27/Jan/2021
I have never sat on a tractor before. On Tuesday, during the farmersâ Republic Day tractor rally in Delhi, was the first time. I am glad it was in the company of four young Sikh farmers from Fatehabad, Haryana who have been camped out at Metro Pillar No. 757 at Tikri Border where they have been running a langar for the last two months.
One of these Sikh men is Lakhvinder (also known as Happy to his friends), who I met and interviewed one cold and rainy morning in the first week of January. When I asked him what we the people of Delhi could do for him he said, “Just carry our voice to the government please. None of us enjoy sitting here in the rain, but we will, as long as we have to.â