Protesters up ante against corporate houses

Vishav Bharti

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 19

From villages putting up special camps to providing the facility of porting out mobile numbers from a leading cellular service provider to closing down big stores, the farmers’ call to boycott products of big corporate houses seems to be gaining momentum in Punjab.

Some of the organisations have even given a call that those who could not participate in Delhi protests could show solidarity by saying no to telecom and other services and products of big corporate houses.

Now, taking advantage of the situation, other telecom companies have started giving offers to customers.

As per an estimate, before the farmers gave a call to boycott a particular mobile phone service provider, there were around 4 crore connections of various telecom companies in the state.

Piara Singh Patti, a local leader of Bhartiya Kisan union (Krantikari), said it had become like the civil disobedience movement in villages. “There’s a drive among people to port their phone numbers and become a contributor the the farmers’ movement against the contentious Central farm laws.”

Some independent technology experts have also reported how a certain telecom company was losing a large share to other companies.