Rally marks departure of women jatha to Delhi

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 8

A rally at Mehatour on Sunday marked the departure of a women jatha to farmers’ protest. The jatha of women from Udhowal village headed for Delhi to participate in the agitation on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Under farmer leader Bibi Surjit Kaur Mann and Paramjit Kaur, the jatha headed for Delhi amid the raising of slogans and the waving of flags.

Istri Jagriti Manch leader Anita Sandhu said women have a huge contribution in the struggle to demand the withdrawal of three farm laws and also in lending steadfast support to those fighting for justice. She said along with the women in Punjab conducting their daily household duties, a large number of the elderly as well as young women were also sitting on dharna at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders. While quoting US jurist Ruth Ginsberg, she said ‘women belong in all places where decisions are being made’, adding that during the farmer agitation, women in state have also asserted their role in the decision-making process and have repeated history on the lines of other historic agitations recent and older where women have played a pivotal role along with men.