Lost husband 18 yrs ago, Amarjit raised kids alone
Sameer Singh
Tribune News Service
Mansa, October 28
The life of 58-year-old Amarjit Kaur, one of the three women protesters who died near the Tikri border after being mowed down by a truck, has been a tale of utter grief, loss and misery.
A resident of Khiva Dialuwala village in Mansa district, she had lost her husband 18 years ago (died of snakebite) and raised her son and daughter alone.
These women protesters, after participating in the farmers’ agitation against the three agricultural laws, were coming back to Mansa when the incident took place. Just when the life was getting back on track and her daughter scheduled to get married in January 2022, Amarjit died. The preparations of marriage were in full swing at their house. Her son, Jaswinder Singh (25), who is serving in the Army, also met with a road accident in 2019 and sustained grievous injuries, leaving him speech-impaired.
Jaswinder, who got married in April, was allowed to continue his service on compensatory grounds. With him continuing to serve the Army, it’s just his wife Sarbjit Kaur and sister Lakhwinder Kaur at their house in Mansa. The family owns five acres of agricultural land and had taken over Rs 10 lakh loan from a bank besides other debt running into lakhs of rupees from others.
Balkaran Singh Balli of Punjab Kisan Union said: “Ever since Amarjit died, an uneasy silence prevails in the village. If the Centre had repealed the laws, these women would not have died.”
