"No Plan To Take Electoral Route," Say Farmers Ahead Of 2024 Polls

Nearly three decades ago, over a thousand farmers in Tamil Nadu, unhappy with government policies, filed nominations from a single constituency in the Lok Sabha polls to draw attention to their grievances. It was also the only time when the Election Commission (EC) had to adapt by issuing a “ballot book” instead of traditional “ballot papers” to accommodate the unexpected 1,033 candidates from Erode district’s Modakurichi. However, farmers from Punjab, who have been camping at the state’s border with Haryana for almost two months now, do not think electoral politics is the way to go.