Sidhu hoists black flag in Punjab in support of farmers

Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu hoisted a black flag at his Patiala residence in support of farmers' protest. His wife Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu also accompanied him.

Amritsar: Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu hoisted black flag at his Patiala residence in support of farmers' protest. His wife Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu also accompanied him.

Sidhu's daughter Rabia hoisted a black flag at his residence in Amritsar.

Armed with a new slogan to reunite farmers against three farm laws, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader and spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Sunday had said that they will fight till the end.

Tikait had urged the farmers by chanting the slogan: 'Agar jinda ho to Delhi aa jao' ( If you are alive then come to Delhi).

Speaking to media persons, Tikait had said, "Once this Covid period gets over, this message will be communicated from village to village that if you want to stay alive and save land, then come to Delhi and agitate."

Meanwhile, Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of over 40 farmer unions, Saturday announced that it will observe May 26 as ‘black day', marking six months of their protest at Delhi's borders against the Centre's three farm laws.

Hundreds of farmers have been camping at Delhi's borders since November 2020 demanding that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee minimum support price for crops.

However, the government, which has held multiple rounds of formal dialogue with the protestors, has maintained that the laws are pro-farmer.