Farmers in Punjab took out a tractor rally to the Shambhu border point on Monday urging the Centre to fulfil their demands. The rally was conducted after Haryana police foiled farmers’ attempts to march towards the national capital thrice.
In continuation of their protests seeking a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price for crops and various other demands, farmers took out a tractors’ rally to Shambhu on the Punjab-Haryana border on Monday. Farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been protesting at the Shambhu border since February over various demands as Haryana police have stopped them from proceeding with their march to Delhi.
#WATCH | Ambala, Haryana: Farmers march to Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border on tractors, where protesting farmers continue to remain over their various demands. pic.twitter.com/ofLOqcL1id
— ANI (@ANI) December 16, 2024
Framers took out the rally following a call given by farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher condemning alleged attacks on farmers during their march. Pandher had said over 15 farmers suffered injuries in police action against their march on December 14. The farmers have also announced a rail roko on December 18. Pandher said, “I want to appeal to the people of Punjab to participate in the ‘Rail roko’ agitating on December 18. We request all the people of all the 13,000 villages in Punjab who live near railway tracks to block their nearest railway crossings and railway stations from 12 to 3 pm,” ANI reported.
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Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is conducting an indefinite fast pressing farmer demands said the Supreme Court should pressure the Centre to fulfil farmers’ demands. The Punjab police chief and a director from the Union health ministry met Dallewal on Sunday as per the Supreme Court’s directions. The apex court had directed authorities to ensure Dallewal received medical aid and should not be forced to break his fast.
Addressing farmers Dallewal had said it is more important to save all those farmers who are dying by suicide in the country. “Till now over seven lakh farmers have died by suicide. It is a request to the Supreme Court to put pressure on the Union government to take steps so that suicides can stop in the country,” he had said.
Meanwhile, Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said, “We held several talks with the farmers. If they put forward their demands peacefully, then talks will be held with them and a solution will be agreed upon.”
