Farmers protest at the Bastara toll plaza in Karnal. file photo
Tribune News Service
Panipat, June 25
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has put everything in place to hold a protest at the Raj Bhavans of Punjab and Haryana in Chandigarh tomorrow.
Thousands of farmers from Haryana will enter Chandigarh from the Panchkula side, while those from Punjab will come from the Mohali side.
The morcha had announced to observe June 26 as “Kheti bachao, loktantra bachao” (save farming, save democracy) day on the completion of seven months of the farmers’ protest and the 47th anniversary of Emergency in India.
Punjab farmers will gather at Gurdwara Amb Sahib in Mohali, while those from Haryana will gather at Gurdwara Nada Sahib in Panchkula at 11 am tomorrow.
SKM leader Yogendra Yadav said the farmers would hold a protest march from Gurdwara Nada Sahib to the Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh. “We will organise a peaceful march and submit a memorandum to the President of India through the Governor,” he added.
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