Since the first day of the movement on the Tikri border, 82-year-old farmer, District Singh Lather, resident of village Julana, Jind, has died. In the last 72 days, he has endured cold, frost, and rain on the Delhi border, but there is no wrinkle on his face.
On the question of how the winter of Delhi was, he said that it is nothing, Jind has more winter than here. The hands and feet become numb while working in the field, but it does not matter much to them.
He said, tolerated the winter and rain, if the rights are not available, the summer will also be cut here. District Singh says that he is not educated, but whenever there was a big peasant movement in Delhi, he has definitely joined it. This is his third farmer movement.
Earlier in 1988, he along with Baba Mahendra Singh Tikait had reached Delhi to join the farmer's movement. After this, in 2002, Mahendra Singh came to Delhi under the leadership of Tikait and Ghasiram Nain. Now he has come to Delhi for the third time and this is the longest movement.
The wife said the 26th shoot will not go-ahead
District Singh calls the house daily and asks about the situation. On January 25, his wife Murthy Devi said that on January 26, the bullet will not go ahead. Then he said, children will be shot, it is better that I shoot myself.
Satyapal Poonia, from village Udaipur, Jind, said that District Singh was at the forefront of the tractor rally on 26 January. When it was raining in Delhi, we kept getting wet for four days, but we're not ready to go home from here. Later he put his tent in front of pillar number 755 at the Tiki border. Here he is firmly settled.
5 farmers reach Delhi on foot 230 km from Sangrur
Five young farmers of Sangrur reached Delhi on Saturday after walking 230 km, raising the slogan of Delhi Chalo. Jagbir Singh, Kulvir Singh, Balwinder Singh, Gurdeep Singh, and Amrit Pal Singh had stickers of fury march on their kurtas. All left home on January 30 and reached the Tiki border on Saturday afternoon. Here the United Farmers Front welcomed him with flower garlands.
Jagveer Singh said that he had visited here earlier, but had moved to his village Godenav on 26 January. He decided to return to Delhi and asked to follow along with anyone he found on the way. Kulvir Singh said that he had his own car, but decided to walk on foot, calling people to Delhi. A large number of farmers arrived from Rajasthan on Saturday and supported the movement. There was less crowd here on the occasion of Chakkaajam than in the last two days.