Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher claimed that the farmer’s agitation has been going on since 13 February in Delhi and they are going to have a maha panchayat in Jind on September 15 and in Pipli on September 22.
Mr. Pandher also alleged the centre for misusing central agencies and as the election is scheduled in Haryana, the BJP is scared of the farmer’s protest. Notably, farmers are protesting at the Shambhu border near Ambala and have been camping there since February 13.
Olympian Vinesh Phogat on Saturday (August 31, 2024) attended the ongoing farmers’ protest being staged in support of their long-pending demands including a legal guarantee for purchasing their crops at a Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Punjab’s Shambhu village.
Coming out in support of farmers’, Ms. Phogat said “I have come to extend support to my family (farmers)… the farmers of the country are in trouble, their problems should be resolved, in fact, it should be the first priority of the government to resolve their issues.”
“It has been 200 days since they are sitting here. It is painful to see this. All of them are citizens of this country. Farmers run the country. Nothing is possible without them, not even athletes – if they don’t feed us, we won’t be able to compete. Many a time we are helpless and can’t do anything, we represent the country at such big levels but we can’t do anything for our family even when we see them sad. I urge the Government that they should listen. They had admitted their mistake last time, they should fulfill the promises that they made. The country won’t progress, if people sit on streets like this,” Vinesh Phogat said at the event.
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