Farmers are protesting at the borders around Delhi:Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur among other areas also for nearly three months now. Accordingto reports now the farmers are going back to their homes and it is a newstrategy applied by them to keep the protests going on for an extended periodof time as the government has ruled out any possibility of repealing the laws.
Now the farmers say they are focusing on holding massiverallies across the states to garner support from various sections of people. Similarly,they are also going to focus on theircrops.
The farmers have earlier refused to accept governmentproposal of putting the laws on abeyance for 18 months. They just want therepeal of laws. Meanwhile, the tensions between government and farmers' unionshave not completely eased out after the January 26 tractor parade run amuck.
Farmers are of the view that they can hold massivegatherings at the border protest sites but now they are changing strategybecause the government as per them has been acting adamant. They will now lookout for gathering support from across India in their own states.
Jagtar Singh Bajwa, a spokesperson of the GhazipurProtests Committee was quoted by NDTV. He said, "At first, the agitationwas centralized at the borders, keeping in mind the stubbornness of thegovernment."
Bajwa added, "The farmer leaders are changing theirstrategy as well, so that the protest can reach every house in everyvillage. We are holding Mahapanchayats at different locations." Bajwa saidthey need to utilize the energy of youth. "We need to utilize the energyof the youth, so while spreading the word, the farmers can also carry on withtheir work. Now it is not just the border but a farmer in his field is alsoequally part of it," he added.