Farmer unions gear up for Delhi protest from February 13

Gurbaxpuri

Tarn Taran, February 9

The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), Punjab, that is a part of the kisan-mazdoor organisations going to take part in the proposed agitation in Delhi from February 13, is making all possible arrangements to take part in the protest while stressing on the acceptance of their demands.

Satnam Singh Pannu, former president of KMSC, said that the call for agitation has been given by the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-political) jointly at the national level. Pannu said that as many as 200 kisan-mazdoor organisations were a part of the protesting outfits. There are 26-27 such organisations in Punjab.

Satnam Singh Manochahal, district president of KMSC, said here today that on February 13, a convoy of as many as 1,000 tractor-trolleys with 40,000 farmers and workers would depart for Delhi in the morning. He said that besides beds, farmers were taking along all required material like gas cylinders and food grain and other items. He said that the participants were bringing along medicines also in case of need.

Manochahal said that the KMSC was active for the last three months in villages to establish contacts at the grassroot level to mobilise farmers and workers for the proposed agitation. He said certain leaders of the KMSC would remain active in the field and send more workers if the need arose. The farmer leader said that during the last three months, conferences and tractor marches were organised in all 550 villages of the district. Rallies and meetings were held in which thousands of activists participated. He said the KMSC had sufficient funds as the organisation was well aware that the Union Government was in no mood to implement their demands like in the case of the previous Delhi Morcha which include legal guarantee on MSP besides other demands. In Tarn Taran district, the KMSC is a favourite organisation among farmers and workers since 2000. The KMSC started its work from this district and spread its mass base in other areas after that.

A senior police official requesting anonymity said the police have already initiated steps as per the guidelines of the government. However, the police official said with the Union Government keeping open its doors for talks, the future of the agitation is not sure. He also refused to restrain workers from taking part in the agitation.

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