A day after the Republic Day violence in Delhi, farmers in Punjab stated that the occasions had harm their two-month wrestle, including that there ought to be a probe to establish these behind the occasions that unfolded on the Red Fort on January 26.
“We got to know that one of the organisations, which was not the part of the 31 organisations, had started its march from Singhu border early at 7:30 am and then they created ruckus near ITO road and then broke barricades on the non-permitted routes even as police punctured the tyres of their tractors. Still they went ahead and took the route towards Red Fort,” stated a farmer, Paramjit Singh, from Kapurthala, including: “I do not appreciate that they took the route which was not allowed. They should have stopped there only where they were stopped by police and should have brought the matter to the notice of farm leaders before taking different route of their own.”
Paramjit stated: “We are deeply hurt as our entire support seems to have gone by this act and the farmers of Punjab have been shown in poor light.”
“Our purpose was to hold a successful and peaceful parade as we were appreciated for our protest in the entire world and the same appreciation was needed for this Republic Day parade. But now the detractors have got a chance of targeting all the farmers while only some of them were involved in such unlawful activities,” stated one other farmer Satnam Singh from Jhandusinga village.
He added that correct investigation ought to be carried out into the function of the miscreants who entered farmers’ protests and created ruckus.
“Government has already been trying to weaken this protest by calling it a move backed by Khalistanis, Naxals, Pakistani-China and now they will get an opportunity to criticise it but still we are hopeful that farm leaders will control this and resort to continue their peaceful protest,” stated one other farmer Raghubir Singh from Mukerian, including that they need to have paraded in entrance of Lal Kila quite than hoisting a flag aside from the Tricolour.
An knowledgeable from Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana on the situation of anonymity stated: “Farmer leaders under Sanyukt Kisan Morcha had adopted all the measures to keep the parade peaceful and had issued three types of instructions to be followed. They had even issued a warning against indulging in unlawful activities or face the music. But to control such a huge crowd when the government was not listening to them for the past two months was a huge task.” He added that farmer leaders ought to have acted firmly when a few of the youth weren’t able to observe the directions of the leaders on Monday night time.
“We are hopeful that Kisan Morcha will continue peacefully now,” he stated.
CPI (ML) Liberation State Secretary Comrade Gurmeet Singh Bakhatpur stated that some younger farmers couldn’t asses the “conspiracy of the Centre which wanted farmers to reach Lal Kila”. He stated that as a result of acts of some such teams, your complete farming neighborhood protesting peacefully at Delhi can’t be blamed.
He stated that regardless of large rush of farmers the farmers haven’t resorted to any violence inside Delhi besides their tussle with police officers at ITO and Red Fort, however that too was not acceptable.