Farm activists’ march through Chandigarh villages tomorrow

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, October 19

Members of the Pendu Sangharsh Committee, farmers and farm activists will take out a march through 23 villages of Chandigarh with the ashes of four farmers and a journalist, who were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, on October 21.

“The ashes of Lakhimpur Kheri violence victims arrived here from Shambhu border on Sunday and have been kept at Khuda Ali Sher village. At a meeting held on Tuesday, it was decided that the ashes will be taken across the city,” said Gurpreet Singh Somal, general secretary, Pendu Sangharsh Committee.

From the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, Kuldeep Singh Kundu, Sarvesh Yadav and Rajinder Bali attended the meeting. Yadav said, “The ashes will be immersed in the Sutlej at Ropar. We appeal to the residents of sectors and villages to extend support to the march.” The farm activists will leave Khuda Ali Sher village at 9 am.

Protest held against BJP

At an event in Sector 45, which was attended by Mayor Ravikant Sharma, at least 10 farm activists staged a protest against the new farm laws as per a call of the SKM. “The two inner roads of the sector were blocked and we peacefully protested near the barricades,” said Sarvesh Yadav of the SKM. Kirpal Singh from the Naujawan Kisan Ekta said, “Two local residents raised pro-farmer slogans and were taken away from the venue of the event by the police. They joined us at the barricades later.”