100 farmers volunteer to take part in dharna outside Parliament

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, July 11

The farmers’ associations have started preparations for the protest outside Parliament from July 22 as announced by the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and prepared a list of 100 volunteers, who would be participating in the dharna. A meeting of farmers’ unions was held at Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhawan on Sunday.

Sulakhan Singh advocate who presided over the meeting said a list of 100 volunteers has been prepared. He said farmers are upbeat after the SKM announced about the dharna outside Parliament.

Lakhbir Singh Nizampura, vice-president, All-Indian Kisan Sabha, said: “We have decided that five members would be sent for the dharna daily. If the government decides to arrest the agitators, it has been decided that we would not apply for bails and continue sending five members daily till the farm laws are repealed.”

Sources in the farmers’ unions said the SKM has decided not to allow more than 500 farmers at the dharna site on a single day. “It has been done to keep a check on anti-social or suspicious persons attending the protest under the garb of being farmers. The local units will send committed and dedicated farmers only,” the source said.

It has been learnt that the first batch of volunteers from the district would participate in the protest outside the Parliament on July 26. The 40 farmers unions from across the country would be spearheading and managing the dharna, Nizampura said.