Youths and women attend the martyr day event at the Tikri border on Tuesday. PHOTO: SUMIT THARAN

Ravinder Saini

Tribune News Service

Jhajjar, March 23

A number of youths donning yellow turbans and women sporting “dupattas” today reached the Tikri and Singhu borders from Haryana and Punjab to pay tributes to martyrs Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.

They took a pledge of continuing the stir until the three farm laws were repealed. A “padyatra” by farmers and agricultural labourers joined the function in the honour of the martyrs at Tikri. Women wearing traditional Haryanvi attire and youths singing patriotic slogans added colour to the occasion.

“Shaheed Bhagat Singh had once said independence was incomplete till farmers and labourers did not get equal rights. Youth have jumped into the battle for the rights of farmers and labourers. No one can stop them from winning this battle,” said Jaspreet Singh from Sangrur.https://153ee501c99fb9dd742e54e1e594be87.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

Inderjit Singh, vice-president, All-India Kisan Sabha, said: “It was a massive show of strength at Tikri. It not only boosted the morale of protesting farmers, but also strengthened the protest.”

Another farmer leader Virendra Hooda described today’s event as another “nail in the coffin of the Centre”.

Local farmers took out a “Tiranga Yatra” from Bahadurgarh to Tikri.

Meanwhile, a youth suffered bullet injuries in his leg when someone opened fire following a minor dispute during the yatra. He is at the PGIMS.