Farmers start fateh march to Haryana, Punjab amid dhol beats, langars and DJs

Sunday, 12 December 2021newsdesk

Singing, dancing and cheering atop their tractor-trolleys, farmers on Saturday began their journey home from Delhi borders after dismantling their tents and other structures at the end of a year-long sit-in protest against the agri laws. They were given a rousing welcome with sweets, garlands, bhangra and langars in the neighbouring states.

New Delhi, 12 December 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, Emotions ran high as the farmers performed prayers and havans to thank the almighty and set off towards Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in convoys of tractors, bedecked with colourful flowers and lights and blaring songs of victory. Also Read |Singhu border: After 15-month-long stir, farmers start journey back home DJs were arranged and speakers were installed on tractors that kept playing popular farmer songs. Bhangra, dhol and a variety of langars could be seen all the way. At Singhu and Tikri borders, farmers also played with colours before they started off for their respective states. Jagish Phulan, a farmer from Phulan village in Fatehabad district of Haryana, said, “It was agitation against farm laws that brought the entire country together. In this one year, we came closer to each other and were known as a farmer community irrespective of our religion, caste colour or creed. Even the PM had to bow down before the strength of our brotherhood.”

Source - The Indian Express