Farmers observe ‘black day’ at Singhu border. Tribune file Photo
Mukesh Tandon
Tribune News Service
Panipat, May 29
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will observe ‘Sampoorna Kranti Diwas’ on June 5 across the country. It has appealed to the people to extend their support to the farmers’ movement and to burn copies of the three farm laws.
In a joint statement issued by farmer leaders of SKM, Balbir Singh Rajewal, Darshan Pal, Gurnam Singh Charuni, Hannan Mollah, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Yudhvir Singh, Yogendra Yadav, Abhimanyu Kohar said that Jayaprakash Narayan had declared “Sampoorna Kranti” on June 5, 1974 and launched a mass movement against the central government.
Besides, the Centre had presented these anti-farmers farm laws as ordinances on June 5 last year. That’s why the SKM has decided to mark June 5 as ‘Sampoorna Kranti Diwas’ in the entire country.
The SKM has appealed to citizens to extend their support and actively participate in the farmers’ movement and to burn copies of the three laws in front of offices of BJP MPs, MLAs and representatives on June 5. Besides, SKM leaders paid tributes to former Prime Minister and farmer leader Chaudhary Charan Singh on his death anniversary today at Kisan Ghat in Delhi.
Meanwhile, a large batch of farmers from the Doaba region of Punjab reached the Singhu border. The leaders claimed that farmers would continue to come every day to the protest sites and the movement would become stronger every passing day.
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