Farmer Commits Suicide at Khanauri Border’s Kisan Morcha, Found Hanging from Tent

Khanauri: In an unfortunate incident, a farmer committed suicide at the Kisan Morcha on Khanauri Border, Punjab ; he was found hanging from a tent.

Farmer Commits Suicide at Khanauri Border

A 52 year-old farmer Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Thuthianwali village in Mansa district, allegedly died by suicide at the Khanauri Border’s Kisan Morcha on Wednesday. He was found hanging from a tent of a tractor-trailer.

The farmer's postmortem is being conducted after which, he would be cremated today. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

In another news, farmer leader from Punjab Sarwan Singh Pandher sought action against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday for her purported remarks on three farm laws that were repealed in 2021. After facing flak from rival political parties over her statement, the actor-turned-politician has said in a post on X that her views on the farm laws were personal and those do not represent her party's stand.

Pandher, who leads the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, pointed out that Ranaut contested the Lok Sabha polls held earlier in the year on the Bharatiya Janata Party's ( BJP ) ticket. "If the BJP-led Centre has already repealed those laws and if its elected MP makes a statement on those laws, then action should be taken against her. Can anybody speak on policy matters and then say it was his or her personal view?" Pandher asked.

The three laws -- the Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act -- were repealed in November 2021. The farmers' protest started at the fag-end of November 2020 and ended after Parliament repealed the three laws that had come into force in June 2020.

(Inputs from PTI)