Kisan Aandolan: Following the violence during the tractor march of farmers in Delhi, the Haryana government has banned internet services in 17 districts of the state. Khap panchayats have found a unique way of denying this to the government.
Chandigarh The farmer movement has become more serious after the violent incidents during the Tractor Rally in Delhi on the occasion of Republic Day 2021. Reactions were received from Delhi to many states of the country. Social media users in particular were seen commenting in favor or opposition to the farmers’ movement. In view of this, on one side there were reports of shutting down of electricity-water connections at various borders in Delhi, while in Haryana also, the government stopped internet services in 17 districts. In order to maintain peace, the government implemented an internet ban, but the Khap Panchayats of Haryana found its break.
Various Khap panchayats of Haryana, after this decision of the government, decided to use loudspeakers to reach out to the farmers of all these 17 districts. According to the report of the English newspaper Indian Express, the heads of 17 khap panchayats of Jind district have installed loudspeakers to communicate their concerns on agricultural laws to the farmers. Through this, farmer leaders can easily reach 306 villages of the district. These loudspeakers are installed on the temples of these villages, so that the khap panchayats can reach the farmers easily. Please tell that thousands of farmers joined the Khap Panchayat near the toll plaza on the Jind-Patiala highway, in which a large number of women were also seen.
Azad Palwa of Dhadhan Khap in Jind district said that the government has tried to impose several restrictions to disrupt the peasant movement. Internet services have been stopped from Delhi to Haryana, farmers have decided to use loudspeakers only in response to this. After installing loudspeakers, we can immediately inform about any steps taken by the government to the farmers living in remote villages. He said that there is a constant demand to restore internet services. If the government does not start services at the earliest, the farmers will protest by blocking the road. This will affect the examinations of the students.
