Amritsar, December 26
Local MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla has condemned the farmers’ move to block railway tracks, causing disruption in train services from the holy city.
At least 80-90 trains had been affected as the farmers, under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, have blocked the tracks at Devidaspura, near Jandiala, Tarn Taran, Tanda (Hoshiarpur), Jalandhar Cantt, Moga and Fazilka and at Basti Tenka Wali in Ferozepur district.
Blockade unjustified
This method of forcing the government to accept demands can never be justified.
Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Amritsar MP
Demanding financial aid for families of farmers who died during the agitation on the Delhi border, compensation to cotton farmers and enhanced sugarcane prices, the MP urged them to vacate the railway tracks as trade and emergencies services had been hit in the border belt.
He said though everyone had the right to demonstrate peacefully in a democratic setup, some farmers’ organisations could not harm the state economy at a time when their major demands had been accepted.
The tourism and hotel industries had suffered a lot due to the farmers’ struggle and the Covid-19 pandemic. Due to the blockade, cabbies, auto-rickshaw drivers and rickshaw-pullers who were earning their livelihood were returning home empty-handed, he said. — TNS
Vacate railway tracks: Amritsar MP
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