Tribune News Service
Amritsar, June 26
On a call given by the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a large number of farmers on Saturday took out a protest march and went up to the Governor’s house in Chan
AMRITSAR – Farmers under the banner of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha paid tributes to the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh massacre by organising a gathering on road outside the memorial, which was closed in February last year for renovation.
The farmer leaders said 102 years ago, the British government killed hundreds of peaceful protesters who had gathered to protest against them. The farmers said the present government at the Centre was moving on the same lines as over 350 farmers have died during the ongoing protests at Delhi borders but it had failed to accept the justified demands of the farming community.
The leaders exhorted farmers to take inspiration from the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh massacre and continue the protest till the three controversial laws were repealed. The farmer organisations also criticised the government’s plan of setting up a ticket counter outside the memorial. They said people would launch another agitation if the government did not abandon its plan to set
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Tribune News Service
Amritsar, December 27
Farmers across the district on Sunday beat thalis during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat programme to protest against the three agricultu
JANDIALA: Unimpressed with the government’s offer of tweaking the three agri-marketing laws, the farm unions plan to send more jathas to the Delhi border to add impetus to the struggle. Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) chief Satnam Singh Pannu told TOI on Wednesday: “The Centre wants not to resolve the farmers’ issue but create a rift between the agitating bodies. We won’t let anyone defame the agitation or divide us.”
KMSC state general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said all offers were meant to buy time, when farmers had made it clear that they wouldn’t settle for anything less than scrapping of these laws. He said the invitation for talks should have gone to all the farm unions of the country and Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have sat with them since he had the authority to scrap the laws.