Chandigarh, Sep 30 (UNI) As many as two lakh people will join the separate Kisan Marches in 40,000 vehicles, which will start from all three Sikh religious Takhts for this capital city on Thursday, where the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will hand over a memorandum, demanding revocation of the recently-passed Agricultural Acts to the Central government, through the Punjab Governor.
According to senior SAD vice president Daljit Singh Cheema, while party President Sukhbir Singh Badal would lead the Kisan March from Sri Akal Takht at Sri Amritsar Sahib, former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal would lead the march from Sri Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo and Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra would head the march from Sri Keshgarh Sahib at Sri Anandpur Sahib.
Giving details, the party Spokesman said the march from Sri Amritsar Sahib would travel via Jalandhar, Phagwara, Nawansheher, Ropar, Kurali and Mullanpur before culminating at Chandigarh. He said the march from Talwandi Sabo would travel via Maur, Rampura, Tappa, Barnala, Sangrur, Bhawanigarh, Patiala, Rajpura, Airport light, Zirakpur and Chandigarh.
The march from Sri Anandpur Sahib would join the march being led by the SAD President at Ropar bypass.
Dr Cheema said the Marches from Amritsar and Talwandi Sabo would start at 0800 hrs, while the one from Anandpur Sahib would start at 1000 hrs.
Due to shortage of time, the programme scheduled to be held at Dussehra ground at Mohali on the same day, has been cancelled, he added.
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