Thousands of farmers, under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), will stop the trains at total 24 places across Punjab on Monday from 12 noon to 3 pm to register their protests in inaction in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, besides other demands.
KMSC Punjab president Satnam Singh Pannu and secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher, in a statement, said that in the memory of five “martyrs” who died in Lakhimpur Kheri incident, on the completion of one year, thousands of farmers and labourers across Punjab will block the main railway line at 24 places in the areas of Muktsar, Mansa, Barnala, Sangrur, Malerkotla, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Ropar. The effigy burning protests will also be held against the Center and the Punjab Government, besides paying floral tributes to the martyrs, they said.
The farmer leaders said that all preparations for the protest at these 24 places have been completed.
“On this occasion, it will be demanded that Ajay Mishra Teni, the main accused of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, should be dismissed from the Union Cabinet and immediately arrested under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the culprits should be punished,” they said.
The statement further stated that the notification of Power Distribution Act-2022 should also be cancelled, the Central and Punjab Government should make a law to guarantee the purchase of 23 crops, free tools should be given for stubble management or Rs 7,000 per acre should be given, otherwise farmers are forced to set their fields on fire. They added that the condition zamabandi of 23 quintals on the purchase of paddy should be removed, the compensation of crops destroyed by floods should be given as Rs 50,000 per acre, and the compensation of last year's basmati and cotton crops should also be given.