Summary:
Ghaziabad: At 11 am last Tuesday, Inderjit Singh Khullar loaded his truck with firewood and headed out of his village in central Punjab’s grain bowl of Moga for the Delhi-Haryana border at Singhu.
He had with him three other men who made the same 330km trip seven times before in the past 30 days, each time with different loads: Food, water, milk, or blankets.
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Ghaziabad: At 11 am last Tuesday, Inderjit Singh Khullar loaded his truck with firewood and headed out of his village in central Punjab’s grain bowl of Moga for the Delhi-Haryana border at Singhu.
He had with him three other men who made the same 330km trip seven times before in the past 30 days, each time with different loads: Food, water, milk, or blankets.
They drove through the day, stopping only for short durations in makeshift community kitchens, or langars, set up on the highway linking Punjab to Delhi.
All farmers, the four men took turns to drive and fought sleep by talking about the protests against three recently enacted farm laws.
“In our village, everyone only talks about the protests.
They say it is our final stand, it is do or die,” said the 30-year-old.
At 2am, their truck pulled up at the protest site on National Highway 44 that links Srinagar to Kanyakumari.