Karam Prakash

Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 22

To show their resentment against corporate houses, residents of Tohra village in Patiala snapped the power supply to a mobile tower allegedly owned by a business house here on Tuesday.

The villagers also passed a resolution to, henceforth, boycott all the products of the said corporate house. The villagers held a protest rally and raised slogans against corporate houses.

Satwinder Singh Tohra, a villager, said the corporate houses were the ones who would be benefitted the most by the three farm laws. “We have upped the ante against the corporate houses. We will continue our fight until the three farm laws are repealed.”

He said the Modi government on purpose, by enacting the laws, had paved the way for the corporate houses to get into the agriculture sector, but they won’t let them to do their business in Punjab.

Meanwhile, Baljinder Singh, sarpanch, said they had passed a resolution to boycott all products manufactured by the corporate houses. He said, “Farmers are agitating against the Centre at the Delhi borders and we have started a protest against the corporate houses in the villages.”

The village also passed a resolution that one member from each family would attend the protest at the Delhi borders to support the farmers.

In Muktsar, tower premises locked

Muktsar: Farmers on Tuesday snapped the power supply to a cell phone tower of a private company in Raniwala village here. They also locked the entrance of the tower premises. Protesters said they wouldn’t allow the tower to become functional until the farm laws were repealed. Meanwhile, a retail store temporarily closed in view of the protest.