THE JOURNEY OF

THE FARMERS’
REBELLION

A COMPILATION OF INTERVIEWS ON THE HISTORIC

FARMERS’ MOVEMENT (2020-2021)
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INTRODUCTION: WHEN THE PEASANTRY RISES
Ranjana Padhi
“Now the ground has been
created for peasant resistance to
take further stride in addressing
the agrarian crisis as being
inextricably linked to the
political, social and economic
structures of Indian society.”
 SECTION ONE
CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERS
OF FARMERS UNIONS
DARSHAN PAL
Krantikari Kisan Union

“This struggle has

established that the farming
community can play a
central and leading role for
a democratic change of the
Indian society.”
RAJINDER SINGH DEEP SINGH WALA
Kirti Kisan Union

“The farmers’ victory has

shattered Narendra Modi’s
aura of invincibility.”
HARINDER KAUR BINDU
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan)

“If we fight along with our

men and protect our land,
then our equal claim and
rights over land may
happen in future...”
SURJIT SINGH PHUL
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Krantikari)

“Redistribution of surplus
land is an absolute necessity
to save Punjab’s landless
farmers.”
JOGINDER SINGH UGRAHAN
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Ugrahan)

“The rights of farmers

cannot be saved by sitting
in parliament or
assemblies.”
JASBIR KAUR NATT
Punjab Kisan Union

“If we unite and fight

together, then we have the
power to change the
policies of the
government.”
HANNAN MOLLAH
Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha

“This movement will be

forever remembered as a
foundation of all people’s
movements in the coming
future.”
SUKHWINDER KAUR
Bhartiya Kisan Union (Krantikari)

“It is true women are not

recognised as farmers, we
call them landless farmers.”
MANJIT SINGH DHANER
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta-Dakaunda)

“The farmers’ struggle

successfully exposed the
imperialists and corporates
as the enemies of the
Indian masses.”
KAVITHA KURUGANTI
Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA)

“This movement has put

farmers squarely back into
the nation’s political
canvas.”
 SECTION TWO
CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERS
OF AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL
WORKERS UNIONS
PARGAT SINGH
Krantikari Pendu Mazdoor Union

“The solution to the caste

question will only come
through acquisition and
distribution of land.”
LACHHMAN SEVEWALA
Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union

“Under the farm laws, the

farmer will lose his land
and we will lose the PDS.”
DARSHAN NAHAR, GURNAM SINGH AND MAHIPAL
Dehati Mazdoor Sabha

“In order for our demands

to be accepted, we have to
organise and fight first; we
have to unite the rural
workers.”
 SECTION THREE
CONVERSATIONS WITH LEADERS
OF ZPSC
GURMUKH SINGH
Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee

“A pan-India movement for

land redistribution among
landless peasantry is a
must.”
PARAMJIT KAUR LONGOWALA
Zameen Prapti Sangharsh Committee

“In the villages where the

struggle is strong, the hold
of patriarchy is slowly
breaking.”
 SECTION FOUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH
JOURNALISTS, ECONOMISTS AND
ACTIVISTS
HARTOSH SINGH BAL
Editor, The Caravan

“The evolution of the Left

in Punjab has not happened
independent of Sikh ethos.”
PAVEL KUSSA
Editor, Surkh Leeh

“In the coming days, the

polarisation between people
supporting and opposing
the WTO will get stronger.”
SUKHPAL SINGH
Economist

“The major focus of the

new laws is to have
corporate control over
agricultural output.”
RANDEEP MADDOKE
Filmmaker and Photographer

“Farmers and workers

education happens in the
furnace of struggle”
AMOLAK SINGH
Punjab Lok Sabhyacharak Manch

“The most essential work

today is not only to raise
our fists but also our pens
and brushes to write songs
and paint the walls with
slogans.”
NODEEP KAUR
Mazdoor Adhikar Sanghatan

“We do not really believe

that electoral participation
and even victory can solve
any real problems of the
people.”
R S GHUMAN
Economist

“A simple repeal of the

farm laws does not address
the existing agrarian crisis.”
The Journey of the Farmers’ Movement is a tribute to the unrelenting struggle of the
farmers and their resistance to the pro corporate agenda of the rulers in Delhi. It is an
attempt to bring to the readers a complex yet coherent picture about what this farmers’
movement entailed, what it truly accomplished, and what are its possible ramifications for
the future of protracted people’s movements in India. And it does so through the eyes of
those who led the movement from the front, and those who stood in solidarity with it.