HYDERABAD: Members of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC)-Telangana unit held a candlelight vigil on Tuesday at Dharna Chowk to commemorate the death of farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri and 636 farmers who died in the last 10 months during the farmers’ agitation.
The AIKSCC is a pan-India organisation representing 250 farmers’ organisations. Dozens of people gathered near Indira Park to participate in the candlelight vigil condemning the death of the farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri recently.
The protestors raised slogans seeking justice for the farmers.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha observed October 12 as Shaheed Kisan Diwas as the final prayer meeting for the four farmers and a journalist who died on October 3.
“The attack on farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri has shocked the conscience of the nation,” read a statement issued by the AIKSCC.
