SURREY, BC (TIP): The support from the Indian diaspora all around the world is rising in favor of the farmers’ protest. After a rally was held in California on Wednesday, another car rally has been organized in Surrey, Canada, on December 13 to mark the 10 months of the agitation.
Confirming the same, farm leader Sharwan Singh Pandher said the rallies were being organized by immigrants to bring the attention of people living in the West towards the protest in India.
“Car rallies are being held to show the conditions of unarmed farmers, who were injured after tear gas shells were lobbed at them, as they were marching on foot towards Delhi from the Shambhu border and were denied entry into Haryana by police and paramilitary personnel,” said Pandher.
The immigrants in California have also decided to observe a day-long fast to express solidarity with farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal whose fast unto death reached Day 17 on Thursday.
While farmers are busy garnering support from singers and spiritual leader ahead of their December 14 protest march on foot towards Delhi, Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu said farm leaders should not send Merjeevda Jatha towards Delhi and engage in dialogue instead.
The SKM (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha appealed to the people of the country to skip dinner to express solidarity with both outfits and SKM (Non-Political) convener Jagjit Singh Dallewal.
He has been observing an indefinite fast at the Khanauri border since November 26.
The protesters have been camping at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders since February 13 after their march to Delhi was stopped by the security forces.
The farmers have been demanding a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP), debt waiver, pension for farmers and farm laborers, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases (against farmers) and ‘justice’ for victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence.