Protesters picket more highways

Abohar, December 30

Farmers today made passage through the Netewala-Mahiyanwali plaza toll-free during their protest against the three laws. Another group of farmers laid siege to both toll plazas on the Padampur-Sriganganagar highway.

All India Kisan Sabha district spokesperson Ravindra Tarkhan, Kisan Sangharsh Samiti district president Amar Singh Bishnoi and Gramin Kisan Samiti vice-president Harjinder Singh Mann were leading the protests.

Speaking on phone from the Shahjahanpur protest site on the Jaipur-Delhi highway, Amra Ram, former MLA and national vice-president of the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha, said further action plan would be decided on the instructions of the ‘kisan morcha’ tomorrow. The number of farmers of Rajasthan and Haryana was continuously increasing at the protest venue. “The new farm laws are like death warrants for farmers. We are continuing the historic movement in a completely peaceful and disciplined manner. There were repeated efforts by the Centre and a section of the media to discredit the movement, but they failed,” he added.

Meanwhile, students Federation of India volunteers who reached Shahjahanpur have decided to organise ‘Kisan Classes’ to educate villagers about the “hidden agenda” of the Centre behind enacting the three farm laws. — OC

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