'Rail Roko' Protest | Farmers Squat On Rail Tracks In Punjab

Farmers block railway tracks throughout their ‘rail roko’ protest, in Patiala, Sunday

Chandigarh, Mar 10: Farmers on Sunday squatted on railway tracks at many locations in Punjab as a part of a ‘rail roko’ protest referred to as by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha to press the Centre to simply accept their calls for, together with a authorized assure of minimal assist worth (MSP).
Farmers raised slogans in opposition to the Centre for not accepting their calls for.
Due to the disruption of prepare companies, passengers will expertise inconvenience. The protest might be held from 12 midday until 4 pm.
In Punjab, farmers had introduced that they might sit on railway tracks at 52 places in 22 districts, together with Amritsar, Ludhiana, Tarn Taran, Hoshiarpur, Firozpur, Fazilka, Sangrur, Mansa, Moga and Bathinda.
Farmer chief Sarwan Singh Pandher requested folks to hitch the protest in massive numbers.
Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), BKU (Dakaunda-Dhaner) and Krantikari Kisan Union, farmer our bodies that are a part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, are additionally collaborating within the ‘rail roko’ agitation.
The SKM, which had spearheaded the farmers’ 2020-21 agitation, isn’t a part of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest however has prolonged its assist to the continuing farmers’ agitation at Shambhu and Khanauri factors on the Punjab-Haryana border.
The SKM (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mukti Morcha are spearheading the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press the federal government to simply accept their calls for.
In addition to a authorized assure of MSP, the farmers are demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Fee’s suggestions, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electrical energy tariff, withdrawal of police instances and “justice” for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 and compensation to the households of the farmers who died throughout a earlier agitation in 2020-21.
The protesting farmers from Punjab have been tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors since February 13, when safety forces stopped them from marching in direction of Delhi.
The farmer leaders have rejected the Centre’s proposal for procurement of pulses, maize and cotton on the MSP by authorities businesses for 5 years, saying it was not in farmers’ favour. (Companies)