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Farmers nether the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) connected Monday (January 26, 2026) took retired tractor marches astatine respective places successful Punjab to property for their demands, including the withdrawal of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
The SKM gave the telephone for the tractor march connected Republic Day, the aforesaid time erstwhile thousands of farmers protesting against the 3 now-repealed workplace laws had stormed the Red Fort successful New Delhi successful 2021, with galore breaching barricades and clashing with police.
Monday’s (January 26, 2026) demonstrations were organised to request the withdrawal of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Seeds Bill 2025, repeal of labour codes, restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and ineligible warrant for minimum enactment terms (MSP) connected crops.
In Hoshiarpur, members of the Doaba Kisan Committee took retired a tractor march successful Mukerian. It started from the Grain Market astatine Bhangala and passed done Bhangala Chungi, Mata Rani Chowk, Sugar Mill and the SDM bureau earlier returning to the starting point.
The march was led by Avtar Singh Bobby, president of the committee's Mukerian unit.
At Hoshiarpur's Dasuya, farmers connected tractors marched done Verka Chowk, SDM Chowk, Grain Market, Chungi Chowk and Balagan Chowk, earlier culminating adjacent the Basra Hospital connected Miani road, portion astatine Garhdiwala, farmers marched done the autobus basal and Sarhala Morh to the Guru Aasra Ghar astatine Bahga village.
A akin objection was organised astatine Tanda, wherever farmers riding much than 60 tractors marched nether the enactment of Doaba Kisan Committee president Jangveer Singh Chauhan.
Addressing farmers astatine Tanda-Urmur, Mr. Chauhan and the committee’s wide secretary, Prithipal Singh Guraiy, slammed the Centre for its “anti-farmer” decisions, accusing it of promoting privatisation of cooperative institutions.
They besides warned against the overpricing of fertilisers, demanding strict enactment against erring dealers.
In Moga, a march was taken retired successful the Dharamkot area, successful which Sukh Gill from Bharti Kisan Union (Totewal), Surat Singh from Hind Kisan Sabha, Sukhwinder Singh Bahramke from BKU (Rajewal), and Mandeep Singh from BKU (Punjab) took part.
The tractor marches concluded without immoderate untoward incident, officials said.
