ribune News Service
Karnal, January 6
Hundreds of farmers held a tractor march here on Wednesday, giving out a message to the state government that they would not allow the BJP to hold a kisan panchayat to be chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Gharaunda’s Kaimla village on January 10.
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Show of strength
Farmers assembled in Karnal to show their strength to the CM, who claimed that their was negligible participation from the state. We all are from the CM’s district and we support the ongoing stir.
They also announced their participation in a tractor march to be held at the KMP expressway on January 7 and on the Republic Day in Delhi.
The Wednesday’s tractor march held up traffic on major roads of the city for an hour. The police had a tough time managing the traffic flow.
On the call given by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Charuni), a large number of farmers reached the local grain market in tractors, SUVs, cars and on motorcycles. They traversed through Nirmal Kutia, Hospital Chowk, Mahatma Gandhi Chowk, Ambedkar Chowk, Committee Chowk, Hansi Chowk and Bazida road, covering a distance of 7 km.
“Farmers assembled to show their strength to Khattar, who claimed that the participation of state farmers in the protest was negligible. We all are from the CM’s district and we support the farmers’ agitation,” said Jagdeep Singh Aulakh, a member of the state core committee, BKU (Charuni).
He questioned the government for planning a kisan panchayat. “On one hand, farmers are protesting in the bone-chilling cold against the three farm laws and, on the other, the Khattar government is going to start a kisan panchayat. We will oppose it tooth and nail, even if it means getting arrested.”
Bhupinder Singh Virk, a farmers’ leader, said several panchayats had banned the entry of BJP and JJP leaders to their villages and they would oppose the kisan panchayat in Kaimla village.
Rampal Chahal, executive president, Haryana Ganna Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, said farmers in large number would reach Delhi on January 26 to make the tractor rally a success.
Another leader Balbir Singh Sirsa said the Wednesday’s tractor rally was a rehearsal of the one to be held on Republic Day.