The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today launched “Kisan Mazdoor Khet Bachao Yatra” in Haryana to give more emphasis to the voice of the farmers agitating against the three agricultural laws introduced by the Central Government.
Under the leadership of Rajya Sabha MP and Haryana co-in-charge Dr Sushil Gupta, the yatra started from Rohtak on Sunday will finish on September 13 at Palwal. It will pass through all the 90 Assemblies of Haryana through a route of more than 400 km in eight days.
The yatra will be led by Haryana's co-in-charge and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Sushil Gupta. Several MPs, MLAs and representatives of district panchayats will also be present with him.
Dr Sarika Verma, the President of AAP Badshahpur, said that for the last 9 months, farmers have been sitting on agitation demanding the repeal of all the three black agricultural laws of the Center all around Delhi, leaving their homes.
"More than 600 farmers have also been martyred during this period. But the government is still not willing to listen to them. We have given martyr status to the farmers and demanded pension to their widows, job to any one member of the family," she said.
Mukesh Dagar Gurugram District President of AAP informed that more than 50 thousand people will participate during the yatra.
"The main objective behind this yatra is to make the local people aware of this black law. The South Haryana rally will be held on September 12-13. In Gurugram it will be held on Sunday, September 12.
Meanwhile, Dr Gupta said that recently the Khattar government has brought new orders to grab the land from the farmers. As per the new order, Khattar led BJP government of Haryana has ordered to transfer the Shamlat land (Shamlat' land which is owned by the village panchayat) in the name of the government. "If the government will acquire the land of the farmers, it will give it to industrialists. It is clear that the present government has started the process of taking the land from the farmers," Gupta added.