Farmers plan to spread agitation across the country

NEW DELHI: Farmers protesting against the three

farm laws

around Delhi - for more than 40 days now - are planning to spread their agitation across the country.


They plan to take the message down to the ground through intensive mass contact programmes in every district, down to the block level across

states

, while the talks with the Centre will continue to remain focussed on the agenda of demanding repeal of the three contentious farm laws.

While the tractor rallies from various points will be heading towards Delhi from Thursday, farmers' organisations are preparing an intensive campaign to spread their message in all the states between January 7 and 20.

The Jan Jagaran Abhiyan or mass awareness campaign through different processions - jeep jathas, cycle jathas, pedestrian jathas – will be distributing leaflets about the agitation to connect with

people

and farmers across the country, said P Krishna, AIKSCC working group member.

He explained how the plan is to gain support of all the states as farmers from the northern states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand have been sitting on dharna at Delhi’s borders from November 26.

"The more time the government takes to decide on our demand, gives us more time to spread the agitation to more people,” he said.

On Lohri, the farmers have decided to burn copies of the three farm acts across states at the district and block level, taking the essentially Punjab-Haryana festival to the rest of India.

On January 18, Mahila Kisan Day will be celebrated across the country with women farmers taking our rallies.

To celebrate Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary on January 23, the farmers will hold protest demonstrations outside every governor’s residence in every state and Union territory.

On January 26, the farmers will mark Republic Day by holding parades not only in the national capital but also in all districts across the country.

The boycott of products of Ambani and Adani groups will be intensified further alongside these awareness campaigns.

"The people who have been talking to us on behalf of the Centre have no authority, the real authority lies with corporates and hence we will hit them, since they have been exploiting the agriculture sector for a long time now… this is a new era Independence struggle for the country,” said Krishnaprasad.