The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) is observing ‘Black Friday’ on Friday in the wake of recent clashes between the farmers and the security forces.
The decision was taken in response to the murder of 24-year-old farmer Shubh Karan Singh at Khanauri border and the brutal repression of protesting farmers.
Balbir Singh Rajewal, President of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Rajewal), said, “We are of firm opinion that it was illegal on the part of Haryana Police to enter the borders of Punjab and repress the farmers through pellet guns. While one farmer, Shubh Karan Singh, who was under a debt of Rs 15 lakh, is dead, many injured farmers are seeking treatment in Government hospitals in Rajpura and Patran. We demand a judicial enquiry into the repression, sabotaging of tractors and a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the heir of deceased farmers.”
Krishna Prasad, Finance Secretary, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), said that the farmers’ unions will organise a tractor parade on February 26 to show our anguish that we will not tolerate this repression.
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