Ina poignant gesture, some young children have come out in support of protestingfarmers to whom they donated money collected in their 'gullaks' or piggy banks.
Farmersfrom Punjab, Haryana and other states have been protesting for the past severaldays on the borders of Delhi.
Thechildren who had collected money in their gullaks for months, have handed itover to encourage the farmers. The protesting farmers are demanding withdrawalof all three agricultural laws passed by the Centre.
Withfarmers from Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh demonstrating at Ghazipur border,four children named Tia Malik, Dev Malik, Prince Chaudhary and Avni Chaudharycame from Meerut on Monday evening to support the farmers. The money they hadcollected for the last 4-5 months was also handed over to the farmers.
Farmerleaders were on hunger strike on the border on Monday till 5 and these fourchildren offered them juice to end their fast.
Thesefour children are residents of Meerut and study in class VI, VI and VIII.Prince Chaudhary said, "We have come here from Meerut to encouragefarmers. I have been collecting money in my piggy bank for 6 months which Ihave given to the farmers."
Vikas,who brought all four children to the Ghazipur border, works a government job.He told, "The farmers are fighting for our future. The four children havecome here to encourage them. We all support the farmers."
Thechildren are aged from 7 to 13 years.