Thousands of farmers across Punjab and Haryana staged protests against the three contentious farm sector bills even as the Rajya Sabha passed two of these amid uproar by opposition members.
The anger against the new Bil is not confined to the ground, the virtual world is too hit with this fresh wave of anger against the “discriminative bill”.
The videos of Narendra Modi, are strongly being disliked by people in a visible message that people in India are in clear rejection of the bill, even when the BJPs IT cell has made a tremendous impact on social media in the past and have outnumbered all other national and regional political parties.
In Haryana, the farmers poured out of the hinterlands and marched towards the urban belts on foot, two-wheelers, tractors and cars, and staged sit-ins at various state and national highways, blocking the traffic for about three hours. The protest began around 12 noon and passed off peacefully.
Earlier,a demonstration lathicharged in Pipli of Kurukshetra in Haryana.
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) state chief Gurnam Singh Charuni said the protest was peaceful and 17 farmer organisations had extended their support to the Chakka Jam (road block). He said the next decision will be taken after a discussion with the leaders of other farmer organisations.
He termed the new central legislations as a “direct attack on the rights of farmers, traders and farm labourers”. Harinder Singh Lakhowal, a key member of another BKU faction, said all 31 farmers’ unions have extended support to the three-day ‘Rail Roko’ call.
Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh also spoke for farmers, stating they are the country’s backbone and the Central government’s move to harm their interests is unfortunate.
“The economy of India is based on agriculture. If we want to save the economy and uplift the standards of living of people, farmers must be saved,” he said.