SKM starts pucca morcha in Jind district

Deepender Deswal

Hisar, February 21

Activists of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and various khap panchayats in Jind district started a pucca morcha outside the mini secretariat in Uchana subdivision of Jind district this evening.

Farmer leader Azad Palwa said they had taken a decision to start the pucca morcha yesterday. Condemning the violence at the border, which led to the death of a young farmer at the Khanauri-Data Singh Wala border, he said the police had been trying to suppress the voice of farmers.

“The government has shown a dictatorial attitude at the border. We have put up a pucca morcha and will block one side of the highway. We will abide by the decision and directions of the SKM, as a general body meeting is scheduled to be held tomorrow to chalk out the further course of action,” he said.

The government had resorted to “gundagardi” as the police have been blocking the highway and shutting down Internet facilities.

In Hisar district, farmer leader Suresh Koth informed that they had been sitting on a pucca morcha at Kheri Chopta in Hisar district. “We have decided to march to the Khanauri-Data Singh Wala border on February 23. The agitation has our full support,” he said.

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