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'We Have Fought Slavery, Won't Become One Again'

Newsclick Team | 22 Jan 2021

I have seen Bhagat Singh become a martyr (for the country's independence) and I am ready to become a martyr for this struggle," these words are of 92-year-old people's poet Kunwar Singh Yadav, who has been braving the harsh winters at the protest site from day 1 since the farmers started camping at the borders of the national capital.

"I had participated in the freedom struggle and will participate in this fight (farmers' movement) too. I have seen Bhagat Singh become a martyr (for the country's independence) and I am ready to become a martyr for this struggle," these words are of 92-year-old people's poet Kunwar Singh Yadav, who has been braving the harsh winters at the protest site from day 1 since the farmers started camping at the borders of the national capital. Hailing from Budhi Bawal village in Rajasthan's Alwar, Yadav has been inspiring farmers with his songs about the independence struggle and farmers' struggle at the protest. NewsClick presents a compilation of his songs.

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