New Delhi: Farmers as well as villagers in Punjab have mourned the death of a teenage boy at Singhu border, one of sites of the ongoing farmer agitation.
Navjot Singh, son of Jaswinder Singh, traveled from Kheri Jattan village in Punjab to the national capital to join the farmers protest.
The 18-year-old boy died February 25, when the country observed Yuva Kisan Diwas (young farmer day), plunging the protesting farmers and his villagers into gloom.
The farmers are protesting three laws the federal government forcibly passed: the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, the Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
The young boy had plans to join one of the scheduled protest events of the struggle where youth leaders sat on the stage instead of veteran farmer leaders.
However, he died before he could do so because he fell ill suddenly died. Singh’s death brought the farmers’ death toll to 265, as per the farmers’ blog that maintains a record of people who died while participating in the struggle. The website was last updated on February 24.
Previously on January 2 another 18-year-old boy, Jashanpreet Singh, died at the Tikri border, because of a heart attack. His family was part of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan).
Similarly, a 16-year-old boy Gurvinder Singh died on December 17, 2020, at the Punjab-Delhi highway. According to reports, he fell off the tractor en route to Delhi and was hit by a truck.
Source: sabrangindia.in