Days after
Canadian leadership extended open support to farmers protesting along various
Delhi borders against the new farm laws, a Canada-based man, Gurbaksh
Singh, who came to India a week ago is planning to extend his stay to participate
in the agitation, proving that the voice of Indian farmers can be heard
across the borders loud and clear, reports PTI.
Singh, who is
originally from Punjab’s Nawanshahr village but has been living in Toronto for
the past 30 years said, “I came to India last week to be a part of the
agitation demanding the revocation of three new farm laws that threaten the
land ownership of thousands of farmer families including mine.”
“Although I
have my return tickets booked for next week, after seeing all this, I am
thinking if I should prolong my stay here,” he added.
On being asked about his motivation to participate in the protest, Singh said that he feels what’s happening with the farmers is utter injustice.
“I’m not protesting just because I hail from a farmer family, but because what is happening is an “injustice to the most important citizens of the country, that is the farmers,” Gurbaksh said.
Meanwhile, on the protest front, the ongoing demonstration against the three Central agriculture reform laws entered is
29th day on Thursday.
On Wednesday Union
agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, said that the Centre will continue
to implement reforms in the farm sector as they were overdue in a number of
areas and expressed hope that the farmers will soon come forward and resume
their dialogue with the government in order to allay their concerns with the
new laws.
So far, at least
five previous rounds of talks with the government have failed to yield concrete
results as farmers have been camped at various border sites around the national
capital for over four weeks.
