Farmers hold meetings to prepare for tractor march tomorrow
On a call given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), farmers are holding village-level meetings to prepare for a tractor march on January 26. The march is being organised to demand the withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill 2025 and Seed Bill 2025, repeal of four labour codes, and restoration of the original form of MGNREGA. The programme also marks the fifth anniversary of the Delhi farmers’ movement.
As part of these preparations, a large meeting was held at Bhindi Saidan village under the chairmanship of Karnail Singh. Addressing the gathering, Dr Satnam Singh Ajnala, state president of the Jamhoori Kisan Sabha and senior leader of the SKM, criticised the Central Government. He alleged that the policies of the BJP-led Central Government are pro-corporate and against farmers and workers. He said the Electricity Bill, Seed Bill, labour codes and changes in MGNREGA are anti-people and anti-farmer.
He added that farmers and workers across the country are raising their voice against these laws and will participate in tractor marches in large numbers.
Several farmers, including women farmers, attended the meeting and pledged to join the tractor parade village by village and participate in the rally at Ajnala.
In another meeting held at Nawan Pind under the leadership of Bhupinder Singh Tirthpura, preparations were reviewed for the tractor march to be held on January 26 at Jandiala Guru. The route of the march was finalised. It was decided that farmers would gather with their tractors at Nawan Pind by 11 am. The convoy will pass through Tirthpura and Wadala Johal villages, reach the GT Road at the Nijjar toll plaza, and then proceed to Jandiala Guru, where the march will conclude.
Farmer leader Lakhbir Singh Nizampura said the march will remind people of the historic farmers’ movement and call for unity to oppose anti-farmer policies. He also announced support for the nationwide strike called by central trade unions on February 12 against the Central Government’s policies.
