BJP chief and former state residence minister Sampat Singh Sunday urged the Centre to surrender its “adamancy” and repeal all three Central farm legal guidelines earlier than a scheduled assembly with agitating farmers on Monday.
“These should be withdrawn and a new law guaranteeing purchase of crops by the government at MSP (minimum support price) should be brought in their place. When the government had been assuring that MSP would continue, there was no reason why a law should not be made for the same. By giving legal shape to MSP, the farmers would be assured that they would be able to sell their crops at the rates fixed by the government,” Singh mentioned.
A six-time MLA, Singh had joined the BJP forward of October 2019 Assembly polls after the Congress denied him ticket.
The BJP chief mentioned, “The Centre should not view the farmers’ stir as a political campaign by Opposition parties. Rather, attribution of the stir to political parties is an insult to the farmers.” He mentioned the federal government ought to recall that former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri had given the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”.
Singh mentioned the farmers had been braving harsh chilly climate for over a month and preventing for his or her survival. “No political party at this juncture had the strength or support to instigate farmers. It’s purely a farmers’ own struggle for survival. So, blaming Opposition parties for the stir is absurd,” he added.
The former minister mentioned, “These were the same farmers and farm labourers who had helped the nation come out of economic crisis during the coronavirus pandemic through their sheer grit. They were the same who had run ‘langars’ to feed millions of migrant labourers who had to return home during the lockdown.”
The BJP chief mentioned practically 50 farmers had already sacrificed their lives for his or her battle.
‘Call special session of Parliament’
Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana Deepender Singh Hooda has demanded the Central authorities to name a particular session of Parliament instantly to repeal controversial farm legal guidelines. On Sunday, he and senior Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala went to totally different toll plazas to increase help to the protesting farmers.
Protests in opposition to BJP leaders, CM
As a part of their announcement, the farmers on Sunday staged a protest when native BJP leaders went to carry a gathering at Balsamand village of Hisar district. The BJP leaders held a gathering inside a dharmshala amid police deployment exterior the venue. A farmer chief, Sandeep Dhiranwas, advised The Indian Express the BJP leaders had come to carry a coaching session at a village dharmshala. “The farmers rushed to the venue as soon as they came to know about the event. We staged a protest against the BJP leaders. If our demands are not met, we will stage bigger protests whenever the BJP leaders come to the village again,” he added.
Farmers staged a protest at a toll plaza in Panchkula district when Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar got here to the city to attend a perform. Carrying black flags, the protesters additionally raised slogans in opposition to the BJP leaders.
