Baba Ram Singh sacrificed life for cause: Aides

Tribune News Service
Karnal, December 16

A pall of gloom descended on Karnal soon after the news of Baba Ram Singh’s death spread. Soon after his body was brought to Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, followers wailed in grief.

They refused to get the postmortem examination conducted. They left for Nanaksar gurdwara with the body, but came back midway.

Till the filing of this report, the body was kept in an ambulance outside the mortuary and followers were offering prayers.

The followers referred to the death as a sacrifice for farmers and blamed the Union Government for his ‘suicide’. “He has sacrificed his life for farmers and the government should now listen to the grievances of farmers,” said Gurpreet Singh, a follower.

Balbir Singh, another follower, said farmers were sitting in the open in the chill, but the Union Government was not paying heed to issues concerning them. “I urge the government to listen to farmers,” he said.

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