How fiery speeches set the tone for clash
CHANDIGARH : Late night fiery speeches by a group of aggressive youngsters at Singhu border on Monday evening and support by gangster-turned-activist Lakha Sidhana set the tone for clash on Republic Day in the national capital on Tuesday.
When the senior leadership of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha left the Singhu stage after their final meeting deciding to follow routes allocated by the Delhi Police, a group of youngster forcibly captured the stage and took the mike from the organisers when the daily kirtan was on late in the evening.
He dared the farmer leaders not to dictate them against hitting the capital.
“We have come from Punjab by spending crores of rupees on diesel. We were called in the name of hitting the Ring Road and we will enter Delhi at any cost. We have brought sticks and other materials for our safety and don’t create such a situation for us that we use them on our own people who are asking us to follow the route,” said the youngster amid cheers and slogans “Parade Road, Ring Road”.
The youth, who were interrupted by the stage managers to cut short his speech, took on the farmers leaders and said they were seen nowhere when the farmers came from Punjab and forcibly entered Haryana.
“Nobody can dictate them how to run tractors in Delhi and where to go,” he said.
“Je aaj Ring Road te tractor naa chade, bill wapis ni hone,” said another youth who snatched mike from the earlier speaker. “Modi di hik te tractor challa ke aune ne,” another youngster was heard.
Then arrived gangsterturned activist Lakha Sidhana on the stage, who initially conveyed all to remain peaceful. Many insiders claim he was sent by the farmer leaders to calm down unruly youngsters but he echoed the demand of the young brigade and floated a new idea to entering Delhi.
“Kisan Sangharsh Samiti has already announced that they will not follow the route agreed by the Kisaan Morcha and will hit road. So we all will also go along them. Are you happy now?,” said Sidhana, amid clapping and slogans raised in his support.
Sidhana was also seen while sitting with the Jeep in Kisan Sangharsh Samiti members on Tuesday while hitting Ring Road.
The videofootage of the live telecast of the fiery speeches also contains abuses being hurled by the angry youth at the farmer leaders.
“We all will also follow Kisaan Mazdoor Sangharsh
Samiti leaders in the morning. Hope you all are happy now!” said Sidhana to thousands of youth whose address was live telecast by a web channel.
Many present in the protest believe these speeches were the moment when the most of the youth in one voice decides to hit the Ring Road in the morning and broke at least five barricades to reach there.
Tractors in the Sangharsh Samiti rally were very less in numbers but with the support of youth brigade, they started early and ahead of the other unions reached ITO and then the Red Fort, an intelligence officer from Punjab said.