The Kisan Mahapanchayat (farmers' congregation) convened by the Rashtriya Kisan Manch here on Sunday was turned into a 'shraddhanjali panchayat' (condolence meeting) to pay tributes of the 40 CRPF personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
A two-minute silence in memory of the the slain CRPF men was observed at the meeting and the new date of the mahapanchayat will be decided after March 5, president of the Rashtriya Kisan Manch Shekhar Dixit told PTI.
He said, "The Kisan Mahapanchayat was converted into a 'shraddhanjali panchayat' to pay homage and tribute to the CRPF bravehearts who attained martyrdom in Pulwama."
"We believe that farmers and soldiers together is the backbone of any country in the world, and it was for this reason that former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri had given the clarion call of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan."