Indian Army veterans to return 5000 gallantry medals as protest against Farm Laws.
The veterans said they plan to collect 25,000 medals over the next two days and “lakhs” more were on their way to the agitation.
“We have been here since the 26th [of November] and the same government, instead of listening to us cry, is busy finding ways to force these black laws created by people in air-conditioned rooms,” said 80-year-old retired Havaldar Balwant Singh from Jhajjar in Haryana.
When some of them tried to meet President Kovind for returning the medals, they were placed under detention for TWO DAYS and their phones and belongings were confiscated, according to Retired Havaldar Bartar Singh from Patiala.
“These medals were given not for entertainment but for valour, for coming face to face with death, through sweat and blood and tears, but the jawan is ready to let them go for a better future for the farmer,” he said.
“There are fathers here who have chosen to sit in solidarity with other farmers even as their sons are martyred at the border. And the government is alleging that such people have ulterior motives?” he asked.
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