Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) senior vice president Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema on Wednesday said that as many as 2 lakh people will join the historic ‘Kisan March’ in 40,000 vehicles starting from 3 Sikh religious Takhts to Chandigarh on Thursday. At the culmination of the March, the party will hand over a memorandum demanding revocation of the farm laws to the Central Government through the Punjab Governor.
Dr. Cheema said while party president Sukhbir Singh Badal would lead the Kisan March from Sri Akal Takht Sahib at Sri Amritsar Sahib, and former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal would lead the march from Takht Sri Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo, while Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra from Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib at Sri Anandpur Sahib.
Giving further details, he said that the march from Sri Amritsar Sahib would travel via Jalandhar, Phagwara, Nawanshehar, Ropar, Kurali and Mullanpur before culminating at Chandigarh. March from Talwandi Sabo would travel via Maur, Rampura, Tappa, Barnala, Sangrur, Bhawanigarh, Patiala, Rajpura, Airport light, Zirakpur and Chandigarh.
The march from Sri Anandpur Sahib will join the march being led by the SAD President at Ropar bypass.
Dr. Cheema said that the Kisan March from Sri Amritsar Sahib and Talwandi Sabo both would start at 8 am and that from Sri Anandpur Sahib would start at 10 am. He said due to a shortage of time all three Marches would proceed directly towards Raj Bhawan instead of assembly at Dussehra ground as planned earlier.