Farmers from as many as 31 associations held a meeting in Amritsar and where they decided to not participate in any of the government programs. This, as they are planning to intensify their agitation against the 3 central farm laws.
40 farm unions have called for a nationwide chakka jam on 3rd November where they are planning to block the national highway for over 6 hours.
Speaking to media, Haryana BKU chief Gurnam Singh said, “The meeting was called to discuss the fallout of the three central farm laws and the farmers’ future strategy to oppose them at the national level.”
He said while farmers’ agitation is going on in Punjab and Haryana, “it needs to be energised in other states so that the Union government is forced to withdraw these black laws”.
“We have given a call for nationwide ‘chakka jam’ from 10 am to 4 pm on November 3 during which we will block various highways and other roads to protest against the new farm laws,” Singh said.
The decision for a nationwide chakka jam was taken during a six-hour-long marathon meeting which was attended by several farm leaders from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Delhi.
