Sahnewal: Youth Cong holds candle march against Lakhimpur Kheri violence

Sahnewal, October 6

The District Youth Congress (Rural), under its president Lucky Sandhu, held a candle march to show its resentment against violence unleashed on farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri, on Sunday. A prayer session was organised and two minute silence observed in the memory of those, who lost their lives in the farmer struggle, on the occasion.

Sandhu, along with Nirbhai Singh, Manjinder Singh Bhola, Sandeep Bhatia, Kulwinder Singh Bhimro and Master Jagdish Singh, all councillors, and Iqbal Jandiali, Kuljit Singh, both block samiti members, and Bhinda Kanech, Balwinder Pawa and Balvir Majara, all sarpanches, and the young brigade raised slogans against the BJP government in the UP as they marched through the town to show solidarity with families of the deceased and condemn the brutal show of unbridled power exhibited by the saffron party.

“Nothing can be more heart rendering than this incident at Lakhimpur Kheri, which is highly deplorable. This heinous crime against peacefully protesting farmers is a crime against humanity. It has drawn flak from all quarters. Rather than giving justice to the peacefully protesting famers for the past one year, they are being run over by vehicles and killed brutally,” said protesters.

“Poor farmers have been sitting on Delhi borders and demanding their rightful due. Many have lost their lives during the struggle. But, the Lakhimpur incident has tested farmers’ patience in the real sense. Killing silent protesters is a crime, which can never be pardoned at any cost. The pain and agony of the bereaved families can never be understood by the BJP government, which has remained unperturbed,” protesters added. — OC

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