CHANDIGARH: Addressing farmers at Khanauri border during the Kisan Mahapanchayat organised to mark one year of farmers’ protests 2.0, farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said migration to other countries is a sign of growing unemployment in India. A US military aircraft carrying 104 illegal immigrants from various states landed in Amritsar last week —the first such batch of Indians deported under Donald Trump’s latest crackdown on illegal immigration. Out of these, 30 were from Punjab and 33 from Haryana. Dallewal talked about the deportation at the meeting on Wednesday. He said, “The US is ready to deport more Indians. People are criticising those who went to the US in this way (dunki route). But the question is, why did they have to go like this?” Dallewal said that if India’s agriculture sector was self-reliant and strong, job opportunities could have been generated within the country. “If agriculture was profitable, then there is no need for our youth to go abroad,” he said, adding that, “The youth had gone abroad and now they are being deported.”Dallewal further said, “If MSP is guaranteed and the Swaminathan report implemented, agriculture will be the biggest source of employment in the country.”He added that the farmers’ fight for better policies is also for the future of the youth. Dallewal also requested the government to “hold the hand of youth who have been deported.” “Nothing has been done by the central and state governments till date. It is not right. I again request the farmers to make this protest strong so that the youth get jobs in their own country.” Dallewal added that he will try to meet with the centre on February 14, if his health allows.
Source link
