Women from upper crust of city also join rally

Ludhiana: Convoys of tractors, jeeps and cars started rolling down the streets of city’s main roads at 11am on Sunday. Elite women of the district stood out in the cavalcades; while few were driving tractors, others were sitting in trolleys or driving jeeps and cars in the over 20km rally that started from a petrol pump in South City.
Women hailing from South City, Barewal Road, Sarabha Nagar, BRS Nagar, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, Agar Nagar, Kitchu Nagar and Model Town steered ahead with aplomb.“Around 150 women in cars, jeep and tractors showed solidarity with farmers. Women driving tractors had little experience on the tarmac, but they showed a lot of grit,” said Dr Aman Mauj, a veterinarian and immigration lawyer who has come from Canada for the agitation and is living in Sarabha Nagar.
Mauj said, “What we are seeing right now is a revolution. This is the biggest protest in the history and I believe farmers should not return before laws are repealed. What the government is doing is bullying. It is the murder of democracy.”
Kakul Gill, a resident of Barewal Road who belongs to an agriculturist family and was part of the rally, brandished a placard, saying, “Mai Kisan Di Beti Kisanan De Naal Haan.” She said the ancestral land was every farmer’s pride and love. “We can never tolerate anyone stepping into our land, where ashes of our ancestors are scattered,” she said in a resolute tone.
Ramniq Sandhu, an actress from Sarabha Nagar, said, “This rally is dedicated to the farmers who have lost their lives. Our peaceful fight is for our annadata.”
Jass Dosanjh, who travelled from Jalandhar for the protest, said, “I am a farmer’s wife and daughter. We have to support our protesting farmers financially too. Those coming for the rally should make contributions too.”
Sukhjinder Grewal, a 35-year-old woman who drove a tractor along with Rubal Khangura from Sarabha Nagar, said, “The whole world will watch our parade. Thousands of farmers have been camping at three Delhi borders for almost two months and we are here to support them.”
Hardeep Kaur, a 62-year-old woman from Sarabha Nagar who has farms in Nurpur Bet, drove a tractor. She said, “We fear that the new laws will end MSP and though they claim to liberate farmers from the tranny of middlemen, the main beneficiaries will be corporations with money power.”