FARMER LEADER ATTACKS AAP GOVT; SKM OBSERVES ‘ BLACK FRIDAY ’ OVER YOUTH’S DEATH. 10 points
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HT News Desk

Feb 23, 2024 09:45 AM IST

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha said farmers will take out tractor marches on highways on February 26 and hold a Mahapanchayat at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on March 14.

The death of a young farmer in clashes with security forces at the interstate border of Punjab and Haryana appears to have galvanised the farmers’ protest, with Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) set to join the agitation by observing a ‘Black Friday’ today. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said that the SKM will also hold a tractor march on highways towards the national capital. The coalition of over forty Indian farmers’ unions formed in 2020 to coordinate satyagragh against now-repealed three farm acts has stayed away from the fresh agitation.

Balbir Singh Rajewal along with their leaders under the SKM interacting with media at Kisan Bhawan in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee on Friday targeted the Punjab government for not filing an FIR regarding the death of the protesting youth at the Khanauri border. He said that the way the Punjab government is ‘insulting the martyrdom of our martyrs’ is condemnable. Sarwan Singh Pandher, the general secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, said that the way the Punjab government is ‘insulting the martyrdom of our martyrs’ is condemnable.