Farmers’ Protest: “Dining Langar on the Singhu Border”, Licypriya Kangujam (left)
New Delhi:
Licypriya Kangujam, the nine-year-old climate activist, has supported farmers protesting against the center’s new farm laws for the past 18 days. Licypriya Kangujam told the farmers that climate activists from around the world are with them. Ms. Kangujam has been posting videos and photos of herself with farmers on the Singhu border. “I hope my voice reaches the whole world. No farmers, no food. No justice, no rest,” the activist wrote on Twitter along with a video in solidarity with farmers.
I hope my voice reaches the whole world.
No farmers, no food.
Without justice, without rest.# FightFor1Point5#Farmersprotests#Act nowpic.twitter.com/nTHiqxSYs2
– Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) December 12, 2020
“I met children who are spending the last 14 days in this cold temperature with their parents and grandparents at the farmers’ protest site in the middle of the road on the Sanghu border,” the activist wrote on the microblogging site.
I met children who spend the last 14 days in this cold temperature with their parents and grandparents at the farmers’ protest site in the middle of the road on the Sanghu border. pic.twitter.com/XXE38Og6Ro
– Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) December 12, 2020
He also urged farmers to stop burning stubble, as it increases air pollution. “Our farmers are the biggest victims of climate change. Frequent floods, droughts and other extreme weather events like cyclones, typhoons, locusts, etc. are destroying their crops …”, said Licypriya Kangujam.
“Thousands of farmers die every year. Our leaders must listen to the voice of farmers. We want climate justice for our farmers and we must also come up with a permanent solution to resolve the ongoing farmers crisis as soon as possible,” he added.
With farmers on the Singhu border. pic.twitter.com/ctfOZx6OBG
– Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) December 12, 2020
On the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Saturday, Ms Kangujam protested with farmers as part of the global climate strike against the inaction of world leaders following the signing of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which legally binds the international treaty on climate change.
“Stubble burning has been practiced for the last few years and hundreds of thousands of years. There was no air pollution before. It only came in the last 5 to 6 years. Therefore, our leaders have to figure out how to solve the problem of air pollution crisis permanently. We cannot blame only the farmers, “he told the ANI news agency.
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