Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), one of the biggest farmers’ organisations in Punjab, will launch a campaign for alternative policies in the agriculture sector on September 28, the birthday of Bhagat Singh. An extended meeting of the BKU’s State committee, held in Barnala recently, also decided to work to ensure “political setback” to “corporate driven policies”.
Talking to The Hindu after the meeting, BKU president Joginder Singh Ugrahan said his organisation will hold a massive rally on the birthday of Bhagat Singh in Barnala. “People are in distress due to economic crisis, unemployment, indebtedness and the rampant use of drugs. Bhagat Singh offered an alternative to these problems. We will propagate these alternatives among the people. Bhagat Singh’s alternative was based on social and economic change. He stood for a revolution. We will interact with the people on the alternative Bhagat Singh had offered to their problems,” Mr. Ugrahan said.
Mr. Ugrahan said the campaign would be against the flow of farmers’ money to the pockets of a few corporate houses. “Our fight is to ensure political setbacks to those political powers who support these corporate houses. To make this political setback a reality, we will go to the people and campaign among them,” he said.
