September 28, 2023: Thousands of farmers gathered together at different railway tracks of Punjab to stage ‘Rail Roko’ protest on Thursday for various demands such as a financial package for losses caused by recent floods, legal guarantee to MSP and debt waiver.

According to protesters, they planned to hold protests in different places like Moga, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Tarn Taran, Sangrur, Patiala, Ferozepur, Bathinda, and Amritsar and will continue till September 30.

Several farmer bodies, including the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, Bharti Kisan Union (Krantikari), BKU (Ekta Azaad), Azaad Kisan Committee Doaba, BKU (Behramke), BKU (Shaheed Bhagat Singh), and BKU (Chottu Ram), have joined the protest.

As many as 18 trains of the Firozpur division have been affected for the protest. Out of 18, twelve trains which were set off from and arrive have been cancelled and the remaining ones have been diverted.

Mainly, the farmers hold protests demanding action against Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident of 2021.