We should be allowed to protest peacefully”: Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher
ANI | Feb 15, 2024
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): We want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a dialogue with farmers or else we should be allowed to protest peacefully, said the General Secretary of the Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Sarvan Singh Pandher, as the farmers’ protest escalates into a full-blown crisis.
Pandher told ANI on Thursday, “We have a meeting with the Union ministers today. We want PM Modi to have a conversation with them so that we can solve our demands.”
Stating that India is a democratic country, he said, “We should be allowed to protest peacefully in the National Capital. The government should remove the blockades at all entry points.”
The meeting of the Farmers unions and the central government is scheduled for 5 pm on Thursday. Sarvan Singh Pandher said that the unions are hopeful of a resolution.