Preparations are being made to take out a tractor rally on 26 June 2021 on the completion of 7 months of the Indian farmers’ movement protesting against the three new agricultural laws. Months prior to these events, farmers from several Indian states came to protest together with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Kisan Mahapanchayat Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said that preparations are underway on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border ahead of tomorrow’s tractor rally. Rakesh Tikait said that the rehearsal will be done later today. In the next two hours, people will gather here to join the rally. We will have a meeting.
Earlier, the United Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Thursday said a large number of farmers, including farmers from Uttar Pradesh, were protesting at the borders of Delhi on June 26, marking seven months of their agitation against the three agricultural laws enacted last year. Hoping to join in. The SKM said in the statement that farmers at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders are preparing for June 26 and they will celebrate it as ‘Save Agriculture, Save Democracy Day’.
“Preparations are underway to celebrate June 26 as ‘Save Agriculture, Save Democracy Day’ across the country,” said a collective organization of 40 farmers’ unions spearheading the movement against the central laws enacted in September last year. ‘ Farmers have been camping on the borders of Delhi since November 2020 demanding the withdrawal of the three farm laws. At the same time, they demand that a new law should be made to guarantee the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.
A large convoy of protesters led by the Gramin Kisan Mazdoor Samiti (GKS) has left for Shahjahanpur border from Ganganagar in Rajasthan today, the statement said. Similarly, farmers of Baghpat and Saharanpur under the leadership of BKU (Tikait) are expected to come to Ghazipur border.
On June 26, farmers across the country, led by unions, will protest against the Indian farm laws. On Thursday, farmers celebrated the birth anniversary of 15th century Indian poet and saint Kabir Das at various protest sites. “Communal harmony is the hallmark of this movement and the birth anniversary of Sant Kabir was celebrated with great respect,” the SKM said in a statement.