Nursing students raise slogans in support of the agitating farmers during a rally held against the farm laws in Amritsar on Tuesday. Photo: Sunil kumar

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 15

Though the cold wave is sweeping the region, it has failed to dent the enthusiasm and resolve of farmers and their supporters to go to Delhi to participate in the ongoing agitation against the Central Government.

A group of youngsters from CKD College of Nursing here has announced to move to Delhi from December 17. The students on Tuesday took out a rally and expressed solidarity with the farmers. Seeing their enthusiasm, many from the faculty have decided to join the protest.

“We have arranged two buses. Being nursing students and faculty, we would take care of the medical needs of the protesters,” said a faculty member. When asked about how long they would plan to stay in Delhi, she said, “Till the college authorities allow our absence from work.”

While these students are getting ready to fight the ruling dispensation’s coldness with the warmth of their hearts, the farmers too are upbeat and ready to stay in Delhi despite harsh weather conditions.

“We all have heard stories about how our ancestors braved enemies and harsh weather conditions. For me, staying in Delhi in such cold weather is like visiting the past,” said Sukhreet Singh, who has just returned from the protest site and is planning to go back again.

Sahib Kaur, an elderly woman, said, “Both my son and grandson have already attended the protest for one week. It is my turn now.” She said despite the harsh weather conditions, she wanted to join the protest. “What would I tell Dharamraj when I die? Would I tell him that I was sleeping in my quilt when my children were forced to sleep on roads out in the cold weather,” she said.

The farmers stated that they knew that the government would try to beat them by delaying the decision on the farm laws.

“The government thinks that winter would scare us into return. What they do not know is that it was in this month that two sons and mother of Guru Gobind Singh were martyred,” said elderly Chatar Singh.