Parvesh Sharma
Tribune News Service
Sangrur, October 7
With farmers back in fields for paddy harvest, women have taken the responsibility of keeping the numbers up at protest sites. Women’s presence has started increasing at the sites as they want to keep the protest alive.
“My husband is busy in paddy harvest these days. He will be in the fields for a week or more. I and my daughter are attending the protest to keep up the ante against the central government,” said Jaswinder Kaur, a protester at Sangrur.
Gurjot Kaur,14, said her father, grandfather and two brothers were back in fields, so she along with her mother and grandmother had been attending the protest.
“My mother and aunt come on rotation here, while my grandmother comes regularly. Since we have engaged labourers to complete the paddy harvest at the earliest, someone has to be at home to prepare the food for all,” she said.
Another elderly woman, Narinder Kaur, said once the paddy season got over, the number would swell again at the protest sites.
Rajpal Singh Mangwal, a BKU Ugrahan leader, said women had always played a big role in the protests. At many places, the number of women had increased after men got busy in the harvest.
Men busy in fields, women protesters keep up ante
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