Una Farmers Turn Up the Heat: Majara to Lead Kisan Sabha as Struggle Goes Village to Village

Una: Farmers in Himachal’s Una district have decided to turn their demands into a stronger, more organized movement. The decision came at the 25th district conference of the Himachal Kisan Sabha, held on Sunday at Comrade Karm Chand Hall. Farmers’ representatives and delegates from across Una took part.

Much of the day was spent on the issues that hit farming families hardest—low incomes, mounting debt, unfair crop prices and rising cultivation costs—and on how to take the fight forward.

State Kisan Sabha president Kuldeep Singh Tanwar was the key speaker. Sabha secretary KK Rana said this was the 25th conference of the Una district unit. Ranjit Singh Malukpur placed the previous term’s report before the house, recalling the struggles the Sabha had waged and what it had achieved.

Tanwar spoke at length about the situation farmers face internationally, nationally and in Himachal. Farmers, he said, will have to stand together and fight for their rights and demands. He accused governments of putting industrialists first. Big industrialists, he alleged, are getting massive loans waived, while small farmers are crushed under small debts—some driven to suicide.

The conference put farmers’ income, debt, fair prices for crops, agricultural costs and other farmer-related concerns at the centre. Speaker after speaker insisted that assurances alone will not solve anything; farmers need concrete policies and effective action.

The conference also elected a 14-member district committee. Narinder Singh Majara was unanimously chosen as district president, KK Rana as secretary and Ranjit Singh Malukpur as treasurer. Majid Khan was elected vice president and Dhalum Singh co-secretary. Joga Singh Majara, Kushal Kumar, Santokh Singh, Vikas Datta, Sukhpal Singh, Surinder Sharma, Satish Chaudhary, Varahmanand and Jaswinder Singh were elected members.

The new committee made its intentions clear: the Kisan Sabha will reach every village, sharpen its campaign and take farmers’ demands and local agricultural problems straight to the government and administration. The aim, leaders said, is to make sure the farmers’ voice is heard—loudly and without compromise.