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Protesting farm outfits in Punjab on Thursday determined to carry dharnas outside dealer-run petrol pumps owned by company homes, however stated that sit-ins outside filling stations being instantly run by corporations will proceed. The determination was taken by farmer leaders as they organised Thursday’s chakka jam at greater than 200 locations in Punjab on the decision of All India Kisan Sangrash Coordination Committee (AIKSCC).
As of Thursday, unions had been sitting on dharnas at 97 petrol pumps belonging to two company homes throughout the state. As the day ended, 28 farmer unions ended dharnas at 23 petrol pumps, whereas Punjab’s largest farmer union — BKU (Ugrahan) — that’s sitting on dharnas at 38 filling stations, introduced that their sit-ins at dealer-based pumps will end by Friday afternoon.
Farmers on Thursday additionally vacated railway stations at 29 locations in Punjab and now rail roko dharna continues at three locations – the interior railway traces of Rajpura and Talwandi Sabo energy vegetation and Jandiala Guru railway line on the outskirts of Amritsar.
Jagmohan Singh Dakaunda, General secretary of BKU(Dakaunda) and dealing committee member of AIKSCC, stated, “We have vacated all railway platforms. At few places our members have shifted inside the waiting hall of railway stations while at most places, they are sitting 10 metres away from railway platforms, so that they cannot blame us for anything.”
Sources revealed that farmers are planning to now sit on vacant land which falls below railways and can observe how railways runs their operations. If they function items trains, they are going to haven’t any objection, but when passenger trains begin transferring on tracks, they are going to be again on tracks, stated farmer leaders.
Jagmohan stated, “We have lifted dharnas from 23 petrol pumps of the corporates which are dealer based. We had a meeting with dealers after which we took this decision. Dharnas at rest of company-owned pumps will continue.”
Jhanda Singh, senior vice chairman of BKU(Ugrahan), stated, “We will go by the decision of other farmer organisations. Our union will be having a formal meeting Friday morning and we will announce to lift dharnas from dealer-based petrol pumps from the dharna sites itself. We are yet to make a count as to how many pumps are dealer-based out of 38 pumps where our members are staging dharnas since October 1.”
However, dharnas at toll plazas, outside homes of 9 BJP leaders, personal thermal vegetation will proceed.
Shingara Singh Maan, president of BKU(Ugrahan)’s Bathinda unit, stated, “We are not sitting on the railway line of Indian railways, but we have gheraoed Rajpura and Talwandi Sabo power plants and are sitting outside their gates. Their internal line is affected which is used to enter coal rakes inside the plant. Hence, railways have nothing to do with this blockade. It is a lame excuse to support corporates running these thermals.”
Harmeet Singh Kadian, president of BKU(Kadian), who was main dharna at Ladhowal toll plaza in Ludhiana, stated, “Not only farmers but our entire families are supporting us. It is a fight with corporate houses and Centre. It is really sad that in the name of farmers, Centre government has stopped goods trains in Punjab which has never ever happened in the past. This shows the diktat of Centre to impose laws on us to favour corporate houses.”
During the chakka jam protest Thurday, the nationwide highways passing via Phillaur, Chowkimaan, Khanna in Ludhiana, Jeeda in Bathinda, Sunam, Lehragaga , Malerkotla, Barnala , Rampura and plenty of different locations had been blocked. Residents had been suggested prematurely not to journey on foremost roads from midday until four pm. However, visitors in inside metropolis areas remained as regular.
© The Indian Express (P) Ltd
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