Amritsar, March 20
A convoy of tractor-trailers and other vehicles with protesters from Tarn Taran and the holy city on Saturday left to take part in the ongoing farmers' protest against the central agricultural laws at the Singhu border. It was the ninth jatha from Tarn Taran district which left from the Harike Pattan area.
They would take part in the programmes to mark the martyrdom of Shaheed Bhagat Singh on March 23.
"Around 40 per cent protesters at the Singhu border hail from the Majha region. A large number of them are from Amritsar," said Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary, Kisan Sangharsh Committee (KSC).
Pandher accused the Capt Amarinder Singh government of playing politics with agitating farmers. He alleged "under the garb of Covid-19 restrictions, public assemblies are being prohibited to prevent the farmers from reaching protesting sites at the Delhi border."
Similarly, the Manohar Lal Khattar government was trying to stifle the voice of the common man, alleged Pandher, adding that the Property Recovery Loss Bill was recently introduced to put pressure on the peasant movement in Haryana.
Similar charges were levelled by leaders of the Democratic Teachers' Front. One of the front leaders, Ashwani Awasthi, said the government was trying to gag all democratic protests, including farmers'agitation, under the garb of Covid-19 management.
Meanwhile, activists affiliated to the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) of Attari carried out a motorcylce rally to impress upon the central government to repeal the three contentious agricultural laws.
The rally started from Nangali village and concluded at the Jallianwala Bagh. With banners of martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev installed on the tractor-trailers, the rally passed through various areas of the city. — TNS
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