To mark four months , farm leaders stage fresh bandh, block roads

Amrik Singh, BKU-U leader from Punjab’s Sangrur, told The Indian Express, “It’s been four months since we got here; the agitation has been on for even longer in Punjab.

To mark four months of the farmers’ agitation at Delhi’s borders, hundreds of protesters blocked routes at Bahadurgarh-Tikri bypass at Pakora Chowk as part of the Bharat bandh(File photo)

Written by: Ananya Tiwari

3 min readNew DelhiMar 27, 2021 06:34 AM IST First published on: Mar 27, 2021 at 06:32 AM IST

To mark four months of the farmers’ agitation at Delhi’s borders, hundreds of protesters blocked routes at Bahadurgarh-Tikri bypass at Pakora Chowk as part of the Bharat bandh called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha Friday.

The protest at Tikri, extending on to the Rohtak bypass, is being led by BKU-Ugrahan. While the size of the protest has reduced considerably in the past few weeks, farm leaders of the union from Punjab said they will continue the agitation till their demands are met.

Amrik Singh, BKU-U leader from Punjab’s Sangrur, told The Indian Express, “It’s been four months since we got here; the agitation has been on for even longer in Punjab. The government hasn’t had any meeting with farmers since January 26 and has been silent about our issues. We shall be here till our demands are met.”