On the occasion of the 75th Indian Independence Day, following Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s call, lakhs of farmers joined the tiranga (Indian Flag) yatras taken out in numerous ways in different parts of the country, including at the protest sites at Delhi’s Borders.
Tiranga yatras were taken out to block, tehsil, and district headquarters and to the morcha sites outside Delhi. At the protest sites too, there were marches organised of protesting farmers on foot and vehicles, with the tricolor held high in their hands.
Today thousands of farmers gheraoed silos of Adani in Moga Punjab.
Adani had setup these silos in 2015 when Modi took over as PM.
Adani invested billions to control agriculture & in 2020 Modi helped him with new farm laws.#FarmersProtest #खेती_क़ानूनों_से_आज़ादी_दो pic.twitter.com/InDX3xzPSo— Tractor2ਟਵਿੱਟਰ (@Tractor2twitr) August 15, 2021
A large group of farmers from Tamil Nadu, who have been camping at the Singhu Border protest site, were part of the Singhu Border march. A similar march was organised at the Haryana-Rajasthan Border too as a Kisan Kavad Padyatra, with farmers carrying soils of their fields and water of their villages along with the Indian flags in their hands.
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The kavads were deposited at the Shaheed Smarak built at Shahjahanpur Border. Yatras were organised at Tikri Border, Ghazipur Border and other parts of the country too. In Madhya Pradesh, a tiranga yatra was taken out in the Narmada river.
In Haryana and Punjab, thousands of people joined numerous such yatras. In Sirsa, a very colorful tableau was part of the Tiranga Yatra taken out. On tractors were mounted machinery of farmers (including food processing machines) which were on display along with yarn spinning on charkhas by women. Reports have come in from Karnal, Jind, Yamunanagar and other places too. In many locations, women farmers joined in large numbers.
4. Prime Minister’s Silence: A Story of Deceit and Cheating
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day Speech shied away from making a mention of the historic farmers’ movement, despite making hollow claims yet again about policies in favour of small and marginal farmers of the country.
There was an unconscionable skirting of the fact that nearly 600 farmers have been martyred in the current struggle against a callous government and anti-citizen, pro-corporate policies. It was deeply ironic that the PM continues to talk about the much-hyped Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) despite it being an abject and utter failure.
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In the age of climate change, India’s flagship agri-insurance scheme has lower coverage of farmers now than before, has given greater profits to insurance companies and has spent more taxpayers’ funds for doing this than before.
ਅੱਜ ਮੋਗਾ’ਚ ਬਣੇ ਅਡਾਨੀ ਦੇ ਸਾਈਲੋਜ਼ (ਗੋਦਾਮ) ਦੇ ਬਾਹਰ ਹਜ਼ਾਰਾਂ ਕਿਸਾਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਘਿਰਾਓ ਕੀਤਾ
ਹਲੇ ਕੁਝ ਦਿੱਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਅਡਾਨੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਲਾ ਰਾਏਪੁਰ ਵਾਲੀ ਖੁਸ਼ਕ ਬੰਦਰਗਾਹ ਬੰਦ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ ਸੀ
ਜਾਂ ਤਾਂ ਕਾਲੇ ਕਾਨੂੰਨ ਵਾਪਸ ਹੋਣਗੇ ਜਾਂ ਇਹ ਕਾਲੇ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕੁਰਸੀ ਛੱਡਣੀ ਪਵੇਗੀ#FarmersProtest #खेती_क़ानूनों_से_आज़ादी_दो https://t.co/N80g2tVyjH pic.twitter.com/ayqgS48yU2
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It is noteworthy that there has been a stunning silence on the claims and commitments of “Doubling Farmers’ Incomes”, even though the official deadline is next year for this false claim to materialise.
