Punjab: Farmers receive support from doctors, educational institutions

CHANDIGARH: Expressing solidarity with the farmers protesting against the three

farm laws

,

Punjab Civil Medical Services

(PCMS) doctors held gate rallies in all the government hospitals of the state.


State president Dr Gagandeep Singh said that doctors were joined by members of different health employee unions and NGOs , who expressed their displeasure against the central government for pushing the country into a crisis .

Dr Gagandeep said that the struggle has become a pan India movement as every section of society will be affected if the agriculture sector suffers. The association reiterated that PCMS has been supporting the farmers unions since September 25 and has also started sending medical teams to Delhi borders where farmers from across the country are protesting peacefully since November 25.

Association demand roll back of the laws and appeals to the government to sit with the stakeholders to bring new reforms to improve the conditions of the farming sector.

The Federation of Associations of Rural Medical Officers of Punjab supported the protest by wearing black badges. Dr Jagjit Bajwa, president of Association of Rural Medical Officers, said that the rural doctors will continue to wear black badges while performing their duties till the issues of farmers are not resolved by the central government.

JAC extends support go bandh call

Private colleges

in Punjab abstained from online classes in support of Bharat bandh call given by farmers protesting against the three laws. Anshu Kataria, co-chairman of the Joint Association of Colleges (JAC), stated that online classes for over 10 lakh students studying in colleges of Punjab were not conducted on Tuesday.

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