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Will go forward with ‘peaceable’ protest on Jan 26, say farmer leaders as they flip down SC’s proposal

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Image Source : INDIA TV Farmers leaders have refused to look earlier than the committee arrange by the Supreme Court.
Farmer unions have turned downed the Supreme Court’s proposal of discussing the problems in regards to the three farm legal guidelines in a particular committee. A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the agri legal guidelines until additional orders and shaped a 4-man committee to deliberate over the problem. Farmer leaders welcomed the apex court docket’s determination to place the legal guidelines on maintain, nevertheless, they refused to look earlier than the committee.  

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“We’d issued a press note last night stating that we won’t accept any committee formed by Supreme Court for mediation. We were confident that Centre will get a committee formed through Supreme Court to take the burden off their shoulders,” Krantikari Kisan Union chief, Darshan Pal informed the media at Singhu border.

“We had said yesterday itself that we won’t appear before any such committee. Our agitation will go on as usual. All the members of this Committee are pro-govt and had been justifying the laws of the Government,” Balbir Singh Rajewal, Bhartiya Kisan Union (R) added. 

Rajwal mentioned that the deliberate tractor rally and protest march on January 26 will proceed. However, he dismissed rumours that the farmers have been planning to encompass the Red Fort or Parliament constructing on Republiuc Day. 

“There will be a peaceful protest on January 26. We will announce our programme on January 15,” he mentioned. 

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Speaking to reporters at Ghazipur border,  Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait mentioned, “Our protest will continue. We are demanding that the government repeal the three laws and also make a law to guarantee Minimum Support Price (MSP) for our produce.”

“Bill wapasi nahi, ghar wapasi nahi (Won’t return home until the bill is taken back),” Tikait mentioned.

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting at a number of borders of the nationwide capital for final 48 days demanding the repeal of the three farm legal guidelines and assure of MSP. Several rounds of talks between the protesting farmer unions and the federal government have failed to interrupt the impasse.

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