Hatinder Mehta
Jalandhar, 18 December
In view of farmers’ agitation, trains were stopped at six places in the district. At these places, the farmers staged a dharna on the railway track at 12 noon, which continued till 3 pm. Meanwhile, a total of 30 trains passing through Jalandhar were affected. Farmers in Jalandhar Cantonment, Dhanowali, Lohia Khas, Phillaur, Bhogpur and Shahkot blocked the railway tracks. Kulwinder Singh Mashiana, district president of Bhakiu Sidhupur-Ekta, said that the Centre’s indifferent attitude towards farmers will not be tolerated.
Amritsar (Jasbir Singh Sagu):
Kisan Sangharsh Committee Punjab Kot Budha along with thousands of farmers and women held a complete shutdown at Mananwale railway station from 12.00 to 3.00 p.m., which was presided over by Karj Singh Rampura, Harjit Johal, Rajpal Singh Sultanwind, Davinder Singh Chatiwind Dilbag Singh Vice President. . On this occasion, state leaders Paramjit Singh Chatiwind, Gurbhjej Singh Sonu Mahal, Baba Satnam Singh Akali spoke.
Raia (Davinder Singh Bhangu):
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Punjab under the leadership of Charan Singh Kler Ghuman on the 3-hour train stop call given by Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and United Kisan Morcha on railway station Beas rail line. Farmer leader Ranjit Singh Kaler Ghuman spoke on this occasion.
Hoshiarpur (Harpreet Kaur):
Here the farmers jammed the wheels of trains at the railway station. Under the leadership of Azad Kisan Committee Doaba leader Harpal Singh Sangha, the farmers stopped the train going to Jalandhar and raised slogans against the central government.
Fillour (Letter Persuasive):
Under the leadership of Harjit Singh Dhesi, district president of Bharatiya Kisan Union Doaba, trains were stopped at the railway station today from 12 noon to 3 am. On this occasion, the farmers’ leaders said that the struggle will continue until the Center and the Punjab government do not accept the demands.
Gurdaspur (Jitendra Bains):
Under the leadership of District President Hardeep Singh and District Press Secretary Sukhdev Singh Allar Pindi, the members of District Gurdaspur Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee jammed trains in Gurdaspur from 12 noon to 3 pm. Leaders Sukhwinder Singh Allard Pindi, Ranbir Singh Dugri, Satnam Singh Treasurer, Kuljit Singh Hayat Nagar, Ranjit Singh Chandrabhan, Gurpreet Singh Gopi spoke on this occasion.
Kapurthala (Dhyan Singh Bhagat):
At Sultanpur Lodhi railway station, the farmers under the leadership of Sarwan Singh Baupur, district president of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, staged a dharna and raised slogans. The farmers were sitting on the railway track from 12 noon to 3 am due to which Ferozepur to Jalandhar trains were also stopped.
Condemnation of the torture of farmers-labourers
Taran Taran (Gurbakhashpuri):
Hundreds of farmers and laborers, men and women, staged a dharna on the Tarn Taran-Khemkaran railway track. Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Punjab District President Satnam Singh Manochahl, the farmers-labourers participating in the sit-in, apart from the state leader of the organization Satnam Singh Pannu, District Secretary Harjinder Singh Shakri, Resham Singh Ghurkwind, Jarnail Singh Noordi, Navtej Singh Ekalgadda, Bhupinder Singh Khadur Sahib, Ranyodh Singh Gagobua and Ranjit Kaur Jandoke spoke The speakers also criticized the torture being done by the Haryana government on the struggle of farmers-labourers at the behest of the central government.
Motorcycle march by BKU collections
Shahkot (Gurmeet Khosla):
According to the decision of the State Committee of Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan on the invitation of the Samyukta Kisan Morche, the farmers took out a motorcycle march in Shahkot and Nakodar. Starting from Tehsil Complex Shahkot in Block Shahkot, the motorcycle march passed through different villages and ended at Malsiya’s Dana Mandi. In block Nakodar, the Mallian Kalan started from March and ended with the Mallian Kalan marching through Talwandi Salem, Chuhar, Ugi, Khiva, Mehmedpur, Fatehpur, Ida, Valla Nau, Bal Kohna, Mallian Khurd. District President Mohan Singh Ball, Secretary Gurcharan Singh Chahal, Press Secretary Manjit Singh Malsian, Gurdev Singh, Gurmukh Singh Sidhu, Nirmal Singh Jahangir and Rajinder Singh Ida addressed the farmers in the villages.
Call for ‘Punjab bandh’ on 30th by farmers’ organizations
Jandiala Guru (Simratpal Singh Bedi):
From here, the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Punjab led by state president Sukhwinder Singh Sabra and state general secretary Rana Ranbir Singh blocked trains on the nearby Devidaspura rail track. In this regard, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that for the past 10 months, Delhi Movement 2, which started with the announcement of the Delhi exodus, has been going on continuously on the borders of Shambhu, Khanori and Ratanpur (Rajasthan). Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Punjab under the leadership of State President Sukhwinder Singh Sabra and State General Secretary Rana Ranbir Singh made the call successful by jamming the wheels of trains in more than 33 places in 18 districts from 12 to 3 am.