Amritsar, February 11
Ahead of the march towards the national capital for the Delhi Andolan, farmer leaders paid obeisance at the Golden Temple and prayed for their victory. Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said, “We still have the letter from the government in which it had promised to accept demands of the agrarian society, but it has failed to do so.”
He said they had received an invite for a meeting with three Cabinet Minister of the Central Government in Chandigarh on February 12. “We are fully prepared for the march towards Delhi on February 13, but then again it would depend on the outcome of the meeting on February 12,” he said, while adding that the government should not act in an autocratic manner.