struggle continues: Farmers stage a dharna at the Tikri border. Photo: Sumit Tharan

Tribune News Service

Sonepat, April 25

The farmers’ protest at the Singhu and Tikri borders completed 150 days on Sunday.

“Our protest is an example of unity and commitment towards a just cause. The Centre tried several tactics to defame the protest, but farmers held their ground during the past 150 days.

“They will not step back without getting the three farm laws repealed,” said Pargat Singh, a leader of the BKU (Rajewal).

Other Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders said farmers had already won the battle ethically and morally by protesting peacefully for five months. “The victory will be complete once the Centre repeals the three farm laws and assures legal guarantee on the MSP,” said Dr Darshan Pal, an SKM leader.

Another SKM leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said farmers had already opened one side of the road for emergency services in view of the rising Covid cases and cleaned it today, but barricades put up by the Delhi Police had not yet been removed.

On the KMP expressway, meanwhile, the authorities tried to re-start toll plazas again today.

Gurnam Singh Chaduni, a BKU leader, said: “No toll will be charged till farmers are protesting. If the state government and toll operators try to charge the toll, they will face protest by farmers.”