India - resistance of Dalit agricultural labour - Zameen Prapti Sanghrash

...the turbulence of a storm was created on the Bathinda-Chandigarh highway by the Zameen Prapti Sanghrash commitee on Bathinda-Chandigarh highway. Around 1,000.agricultural labourers thronged from villages of Sangrur,Malerkotla and Bhawanigadh, literally painting the venue red .The agricultural dalit community displayed nerves of steel in fighting for their just demands of 1/3rd right to panchayat land, 99 year lease of land to dalits, Scrapping of all cases against ZPSC leaders or activists, re-instating of 2 dalits into jobs were they were removed, and 10 marlas of land awarded to every dalit family. It was a tribute to the great resilience of the dalit agricultural labour and the painstaking qualitative work of the ZPSC. At many junctures the activists defied the SDO from pacifying them with the sharpness of a sword, Inspite of making so many promises five months ago the administration has not fulfilled a single promise. Speakers included Mukesh Mulaudh, Gurmukh Singh, Gurpreet Khedi and Gurdeep Khandiwal. The Protest displayed the venom in the haters to the dalit agricultural community or wrath against the social order and their great capacity to organize resistance.