KARNAL: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesman Rakesh Tikait and BKU state president Gurnam Singh Charuni arrived in Karnal on Sunday to attend a kisan mahapanchayat at the Indri Grain Market.
A large number of farmers gathered at the grain market to attend the mahapanchayat.
Farmer leader Yudhveer Singh reiterated the drawbacks of the three agri-related laws and said the private mandi system would abolish the present mandi system.
“Contract farming system is against the farmers,” he added.
During the interaction with farmers, he announced his support for farmers blocking the railway tracks on February 18.
Farmer leader Darshan Pal said more than 200 farmers had sacrificed their lives in this protest and assured the farmers that their sacrifices would not go in vain.
Balbir Singh Rajewal also hit out the Union Government for not listening to the issues of the farmers. He also said more than 200 farmers had sacrificed their lives during the protest but the government was not positive on the farmers’ issues.
He reiterated the demand of repealing the three farm laws.