New Delhi: After Bihar's Satyadev Manjhi, another sexagenerian hailing from Patiala reached Delhi's Singhu border on Monday by covering more than 250 kilometres within 24 hours.
Another man from Punjab - 67-year-old Amarjeet Singh covered a distance of 265 km on his bicycle to participate in the ongoing farmers’ protest against agricultural laws.
Singh cycled along with ten other companions and reached the Singhu border from Patiala within 24 hours.
He has served as Chief Engineer in the irrigation department in Punjab and is also active in agriculture. and after his retirement, Singh is now farming.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Amarjeet Singh said, "To support the farmers, I and my ten friends decided to cover the distance of 265 km from Patiala by bicycle. It took about 24 hours to reach here from Patiala. I urge the government to take back the three farm laws."
"The government should repeal these three laws and they should negotiate with the farmers. The government should incorporate farmers' ideas and make new laws. These laws were brought through the ordinance during the lockdown and later it was not even discussed in the Parliament. No ideas and opinions were taken from the farmers and now when the farmers sat on the protest, the government is inviting them for talks," he said.
"The struggle of thousands of farmers will surely succeed and the government will withdraw these three laws," he added.
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