Chandigarh, September 17
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Friday paid homage to over 650 farmers who have died during the ongoing protest against the three central farm laws by taking out candle marches across the state.
AAP Kisan Wing president Kultar Singh Sandhwan said party MLAs, Lok Sabha incharges, district presidents, office-bearers and volunteers observed the ‘black day’. He said candle marches were taken out by tying black bands in Mansa, Bathinda, Sangrur, Barnala, Pathankot, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Jalandhar, Amritsar and Hoshiarpur and others districts.
Describing the ‘black day’ observed by the SAD in Delhi on September 17 as ‘drama’, Sandhwan said the Badal family had contributed fully in enacting the central farm laws.
“If Harsimrat Kaur Badal as the Union Minister had not signed the ordinances, the black day for the farmers would never have dawned,” said Sandhwan. He said there was a huge resentment in every household of Punjab against the agricultural laws and several farmers had lost their lives fighting against them in the past one year.
The AAP leader demanded a full loan waiver and a job to the next of kin of the farmer or labourer who had died protesting the farm laws. — TNS
AAP organises candle marches across Punjab
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