Farmers law -Youth take pledge before the portraits of martyrs; stay like a wall against every deception

Farmers law -Youth take pledge before the portraits of martyrs; stay like a wall against every deception

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in

On the call of B.K.U.( Ugrahan) and Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, a gigantic gathering of youth on March 21,2021 at Sunam (in Sangrur district ) along with tens of thousands girls paid tributes to the martyrs of 23rd March, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev and pledged to fight against the imperialist attack of farmer laws, holding the front-lines. The proceedings of the conference started after all the youth taking pledge, standing before the portraits of the martyrs. Joining their voice with the voice of youth leader Gurpreet Kaur Brass, who read the oath, they said that, ” We declare that the Basanti convoys of youth will stay persistent in the struggles of farmers and toiling people against the attack of Corporates and its allies. We will uphold the anti-imperialist and anti-fundamentalist traditions of our martyrs, we will stay like a wall against every deception.”

Farmers law -Youth take pledge before the portraits of martyrs; stay like a wall against every deception. Youth leader Jagtar Singh Kalajhad said in his address that the sacrifice, programme and path of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his comrades is a source of inspiration for the youth till today. He said even after the 74 years of transfer of power, the people of our country are suffering from the blind-exploitation of imperialism and its local allies like feudal lords and capitalists. Modi government brought the farmer laws to enhance this exploitation which will push the youth in more deep crisis, who already facing adversities of unemployment and humiliation. These laws are aimed to snatch the lands of the farmers which will further increase the farmer suicides. He said the youth of Punjab understands this imperialist attack and fighting against these laws standing in the front-lines. He said the farmers and youth have failed the moves of Modi government to sabotage this struggle by using the incidents of 26th of January, which is day by day spreading to the foreign lands.

Farm-labourer leader Kala Singh Khunan Khurd said, the attack of farmer laws, by strengthening control of corporate houses on the food system of the country, will become a tool to push the labourers in the jaws of hunger, who are already facing dearth of food and grains. He said this attack will surrender the Panchyati and Saamlat lands before the corporates on which the labourers and dalits have legal right.He said to fight against this attack there is a dire need to built the unity of farmers and labourers by surpassing the castist and religious boundaries.

Youth leader Ajaypal Singh Ghudda, announced to besiege the Dry-port of Adani, situated at Kila Raipur, from 27th to 31st of March. He also told that a huge convoy of youth will move towards Delhi on 22nd march to celebrate the martyrdom day of the martyrs of 23rd march. He said in the villages the girls will pay tributes to the martyrs on 23rd march, and the tributes will also be paid on the continuous Morchas. He also appealed to make the 26th march Bandh successful and announced to hold Flag marches on 24th and 25th of march.

Sukhjit Singh Kothaguru, Ashwani Ghudda of Naujwan Bharat Sabha and Husyiar Singh Salemgarh from P.S.U. ( Shaheed Randhawa) said Farmers law -Youth take pledge before the portraits of martyrs; stay like a wall against every deception and under which policies the government attacked the agriculture sector, under the same policies the steps to privatise the education have being taken by the government.

B.K.U.( Ugrahan) State general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri kalan, expressing his satisfaction of youth’s participation in todays’ gathering said,  there is no contradiction between youth and farmer leaders in the ongoing farmer struggle, and the youth are an important faction of this struggle. He said some forces are falsely  trying to label the farmer struggle as  a religious struggle confined only to one religion. He said todays’ conference is a practical reply to this illusionary propaganda. State leader of Women-wing Harinder Bindu said, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and his comrades dreamed about a society free of exploitation, oppression and discrimination. She said in the ongoing struggle the women stood shoulder by shoulder with the men and proved that they are not less than anyone.

March 22,2021