Jalandhar - The 33rd fair of Gadri Babas held in Jalandhar, the land of fairs, entered its third and final day today with the hoisting of the Gadri Party flag by Desh Bhagat Smranotsav Samiti member Hardev Arshi.
On the occasion of the flag hoisting by Hardev Arshi and others, committee president Ajmer Singh was also present with them; general secretary Prithipal Singh Madimega; vice-president Kulwant Singh Sandhu; assistant secretary Charanji Lal Kangniwal; cultural wing convenor Amolak Singh; and all the committee members who had come to the fair. On this occasion, slogans like "Down with Imperialism! Down with Communal Fashi Halla! Gadri Babayan Da Paigam, Jari Rahna Hai Sangram!" kept reverberating. Flowers were showered on the Gadri flag.
Addressing the guests, committee general secretary Prithipal Singh Madimega said that the Deshbhakti Smarak belongs to the people. This fair is also by the people for the people. He said that the fair is adding new facilities every year.
Committee member Hardev Arshi mentioned the original program, objectives and unfinished work of the Ghadar Party and said that today's fair is dedicated to the mass movements fighting against corporate and communal fascist attacks only to realize their dreams. He said that all democratic forces need to fight unitedly against imperialism and communalism.
Committee President Ajmer Singh said in his speech that the program of Gadar Desh Bhagat is more relevant today. He said that the economic and communal fascist attack intensifying day by day attracts our attention. We need to wake up.
In the 33rd fair, a musical opera, Mela Ki Kahinda, written by Amolak Singh and directed by Satpal Banga (Patiala), was presented by about 100 artists, which captivated the audience for once. People kept watching and clapping repeatedly for half an hour.
Amolak Singh, the stage director of this session and writer of the flag song, praised the hard work of the artist boys and girls involved in the workshop and the support of their families and honored the role of their families.
World famous scholar Arundhati Roy started her speech by paying homage to the struggling land of Punjab. She said that even though there is a farmers' movement in Delhi, the voice of Punjab played an exemplary role in thwarting the attempt to put me in jail by applying UAPA.
She said that the song not opera 'Jhande De Geet' presented today impressed me so much that I kept crying the whole time and kept thinking that not everyone raises voice about Palestine, as the song did.
Arundhati said that two locks of our country were opened simultaneously. One of Babri Masjid and the other of the way of economic loot for the royal multinational company.
She stressed that communal attack is successful only when populist forces mislead the people and make fundamentalist forces a partner in that war.
In his address, the second keynote speaker of the fair, Dr. Prabir said that attempts were made to suppress the voice of our media News Click because it has always been honest in becoming the voice of the people. The power establishment often has the illusion that the media will say only what they like, but it is not so. Even during the Emergency, I was a victim of government attack and the current government also targeted my pen. This incident shows that no ruling class alliance can replace the Modi government, only the public can replace it.
In this session, Gurpinder Singh and his colleagues from Khalsa School Garhdiwal, apart from the folk music group Bhadaur (Master Ram Kumar) added colour to the event with their songs.
At 4 pm, a discussion was held on agriculture, water and environmental crisis under the chairmanship of committee president Ajmer Singh in the Gadri Baba Jwala Singh auditorium. The discussion began with a poem by Kuldeep Walia. Committee members Jagroop, Kulwant Singh Sandhu, Seetal Singh Sangha, Raminder Patiala, Vijay Bombeli and Dr. Parminder were present in this discussion.
 These thinkers, Punjab's deepening farmer crisis; And expressed deep concern over the nefarious attitude of the government in the hands of corporate houses; and also for excessive consumption of groundwater; termed the non-availability of canal water by the government as part of a conspiracy to defame the farmers. 
He highlighted the extremely bad effects of toxic soil on human health and urged the organizations responsible for protecting the environment to be more sensitive. At the end of the program, the Chairman of the Committee Ajmer Singh thanked all the speakers and audience who participated in the program. Prof. Gopal Buttar played the role of moderator.