Farm laws | ‘Women and men are standing shoulder to shoulder’

Mahila Kisan Sansad brings together participants from all walks of life.

Among those who were members of the Mahila Kisan Sansad on Monday were an Assistant Professor from Punjab, wife of an Army officer and a homemaker who occasionally works towards women empowerment in her village in Haryana. Amandeep Kaur Sandhu (32), Assistant Professor at a college in village Baba Sang Dhesian, said back home, people used to believe that women should stay indoors. But during the protest against the farm laws, women and men shared the stage and continued the agitation shoulder to shoulder. “Women here spoke for their rights and so articulately, one can’t imagine. This women led parliament has built confidence in them as — even if they are pretending — they have become members of parliament for a day,” she said. The 40-year-old wife of an Army officer, a resident of Mohali who didn’t wish to be identified, said she is here to express solidarity. “Women need to get out of the comfort of their homes and be a part of the movement. I have come here because this is the need of the hour. I am an Army wife and we all stand with the farmers. I am also a Punjabi so that plays a role too,” she said.