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  • Covid circumstances on the rise, Tomar asks farmers to droop stir

    UNION MINISTER of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday urged farmers to droop their agitation in view of surge in Covid-19 circumstances and return to the dialogue desk.
    Taking to Twitter, Tomar stated, “There is no discontent in the minds of farmers. The government is ready to talk to the farmers’ organizations which are against these agrarian reform bills.”
    “I will urge the farmers’ organizations to suspend their agitation, if they come for talks, the government is ready to talk to them,” Tomar stated within the tweet. “In view of the Covid-19 outbreak, farmers should suspend their agitation.”

    Tomar had led the three-member ministerial committee, which participated in 11 rounds of discussions with the protesting farmers. However, these talks had been unsuccessful in breaking the impasse between the federal government and farm union leaders, who’re protesting towards the three farm legal guidelines since November 26, 2020.
    Responding to Tomar’s assertion, Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh nationwide president Shiv Kumar Kakka stated that if the federal government is prepared for the talks, then it ought to ship an invite to the farmer unions. “Statements and announcements will not work… ,” Kakka advised The Indian Express.

    Meanwhile, a Supreme Court committee on the legal guidelines has submitted its report back to the apex courtroom.

  • Two Kisan Panchayats in West UP: Priyanka, Jayant exhort farmers to face agency and united

    Reminding farmers of their power when united, Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary on Sunday held separate kisan panchayats in west Uttar Pradesh and hit out on the BJP for failing to handle their considerations over the three farm legal guidelines introduced by the Modi authorities on the Centre.
    “The farmers have been protesting for the past 100 days against the three farm laws. Over 200 farmers have been martyred. It was the duty of the government that it should have met the farmers and listen to their issues. The BJP government mocked farmers’ martyrdom and insulted them. I urge you to take the agitation to every village… None of the BJP MP could muster up the courage to speak a word for them in the Parliament,” Priyanka mentioned at a kisan panchayat at Kelly village in Meerut.
    “It was the farmers’ community which waged a war against Britishers in 1857 when they implemented several draconian laws that spelt trouble for the agrarian community… A similar situation has come now after the Modi government passed three farm bills without consulting anyone,” she mentioned, including that the controversial farm legal guidelines wouldn’t profit the farmers in any manner however have been introduced solely to make large businessmen near the Modi authorities richer.

    “Private mandis will not be taxed and there will be tax in the government mandis. People will be incentivised towards private mandis. Slowly government markets will shut and the private sector will gradually do away with MSP (minimum support price). On the outside, the law appears to be beneficial but in essence, it will harm the farmers,” she mentioned.
    “If the laws are to benefit everyone, why are lakhs of them protesting? Shouldn’t Narendra Modi ji respect their will? The reason why the PM can travel the world and not meet the farmers is because this government doesn’t respect the farmers. The government is clearly not thinking about their interests or benefit,” she added.
    Speaking concerning the cane farmers of west UP, the Congress normal secretary in-charge of UP mentioned: “Dues of cane farmers in Uttar Pradesh is running in several thousand crores. But without caring for their welfare, the BJP government at the Centre has purchased two aircraft worth Rs 16,000 crore for the Prime Minister to travel,” she mentioned.
    “PM Modi has ample time to address rallies in West Bengal and make trips to the USA, Pakistan and China but he is yet to find the time to meet the protesting farmers who are sitting on borders of Delhi for more than 100 days,” she added.
    She exhorted the farmers to not let the momentum of the protests to sluggish. “The kind of situation the government created for you, you should create for them. There must come a point that they are compelled to listen to you. While 100 days have passed, this protest must continue. There must be even more strength and courage in the days to come We have to be strong,” Priyanka mentioned, including that the Congress is “indebted” to farmers.
    “We are indebted to you. This is not a matter of politics for us since we owe it to the farmers of this country. We in the Congress will continue to back you not only for 100 days but even for 100 years because we know that you are fighting for your survival,” Priyanka added.
    The Congress chief has been holding back-to-back rallies in UP to garner help for the farmers’ motion.
    Meanwhile, at a kisan panchayat at Dhikauli village in Baghpat district, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary exhorted farmers to make the Modi authorities really feel the hardships that the federal government has “forced” on them by the farm legal guidelines.
    Terming the Centre’s new agriculture legal guidelines a “disaster”, Chaudhary urged the farmers to “uproot” the “anti-farmer” BJP authorities to make sure the withdrawal of those legislations.
    “When farmers of the entire country are agitating and upset, how can the prime minister sleep peacefully?… We farmers voted for the BJP in a large number that helped the party to get a huge majority in Parliament and also in the UP Assembly. But now you will have to elect your representatives not only in all the 403 Assembly seats in UP but also in 543 Lok Sabha seats. Vote for the candidates who will actually care for your problems,” Chaudhary mentioned.

    “Do not let your strength to fight get weakened as farmers from all over the country have now stood up for the protesting farmers on the Dehli borders. We should keep on solidifying our unified strength because we (the farmers) are fighting with a government which have nearly a hundred tools to weaken your strength,” Chaudhary exhorted.
    “We have to unite and forget about our caste and religion for the repeal of the three farm laws. This agitation is not by any particular caste but all farmers,” he added.

  • Farmers to show tableaus of various states throughout R-Day tractor parade

    The protesting farmers plan to show tableaux of various states throughout their R-Day tractor parade.
    “If all goes well, we will display tableaux of all states during the tractor parade,” Chaudhary Joginder Ghasi Ram Nain, a Bhartiya Kisan Union chief from Haryana, advised The Indian Express.
    The farmer teams of Haryana Thursday held a gathering at Tikri border the place they elected farmer chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni as president of Haryana Sayunkt Kisan Morcha. Leaders of a dozen farm outfits from Haryana participated within the assembly.
    Talking concerning the assembly with Delhi Police, Chaduni stated, “We have made it clear that the farmers will undertake a tractor parade on the Outer Ring Road of Delhi on January 26. We have asked the administration to give permission for the same and also make arrangements by managing the traffic and getting vacated the road for the tractor parade. We have assured the officers that we don’t have any plan to interrupt the official Republic Day parade.”
    The farmer chief stated that lakhs of tractors are anticipated to affix the tractor parade from completely different elements of the nation.
    Chaduni alleged the federal government doesn’t appear severe concerning the farmers’ calls for. On the federal government’s proposal to place the three controversial farm legal guidelines on maintain, Chaduni stated, “I feel there may be politics from their side. They just want to avoid the issue for the time being.” He indicated that the proposal is likely to be aimed to stop the tractor parade on January 26.
    The farmers proceed to get assist from Haryana villages. A farmer, Daya Ram Ulania, stated residents of his village Chautala in Sirsa district have collected Rs 4 lakh to run langar (group kitchen) at Delhi border. Chautala is the native village of Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, state Power Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala and INLD chief Abhay Singh Chautala. Abhay has already introduced to resign from the Assembly if the federal government doesn’t settle for calls for of farmers by January 26.

    Ulania, who has been tenting at Tikri border for the previous two months, claims there may be nice enthusiasm among the many farmers to affix the tractor parade. “The borders of Delhi are already jam-packed with a large number of farmers and their tractors are already there. I don’t know where the tractors coming for the parade will be parked,” he added.
    At Nirban village of Sirsa district, the farmers have began a registration system for many who are keen to affix the tractor parade in Delhi. “Out of a total of 239 tractors, the owners of 100 tractors have already given their consent to join the tractor parade in Delhi which is 239 km from our village,” a villager stated.
    Kandela khap chief Tek Ram Kandela stated a cavalcade of 1,000 tractors will transfer to Delhi from Jind district on January 24 to affix the tractor parade. “Apart from withdrawal of three farm laws and a special Act to guarantee minimum support price for crops, the farmers also want farm debt waiver and implementation of the Swaminathan report on the agriculture sector. The farmers have now joined hands for a long struggle,” he added.
    No depart for Haryana Police personnel
    Keeping in view the continuing farmer agitation, the Haryana Police has determined to not grant depart to its personnel. “In view of the ongoing farmer agitation in the state, it is directed that leave of all kinds, except in emergent circumstances with the prior approval of competent authority, are stopped forthwith till further orders,” talked about a communication issued by the state police on Thursday.

  • Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Ninth spherical of govt-farmer talks with ‘an open mind’ as we speak

    Thousands of farmers, primarily from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, have been tenting on the border of Delhi for a number of weeks, demanding the repeal of the legal guidelines they are saying will result in the weakening of the minimal assist value (MSP) system.
    The three contentious legal guidelines are the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020.
    The apex courtroom had on Tuesday stayed the implementation of the three central legal guidelines until additional orders and introduced the formation of a committee to listen to the grievances of the farmers and the opinion of the federal government.
    Apart from Mann, Shetkari Sanghatana (Maharashtra) president Anil Ghanwat, International Food Policy Research Institute’s Pramod Kumar Joshi and agriculture economist Ashok Gulati have been appointed on the panel.
    After the final assembly, Tomar had mentioned: “The discussions today were related to the three laws, but no decision could be reached. The government repeatedly requested the unions to suggest an alternative other than the repeal, and the government would consider it. But even after a long discussion, no alternative was presented. Therefore, the discussion was adjourned today.”

  • Farmers’ Protest Live Updates: Agitation enters fiftieth day; Supreme Court panel to start hearings in 10 days

    Farm leaders handle a press convention at Singhu border in New Delhi after the Supreme Court judgment on the farm legal guidelines, on Tuesday, January 12, 2020. (Express Photo: Abhinav Saha)

    The Supreme Court has placed on maintain, till additional orders, the implementation of the three contentious farm legal guidelines and named a committee to recommend what modifications, if any, had been wanted after it listens to all sides. The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, claimed negotiations between the farmers and the federal government had been fruitless and a “committee of experts” might “create a congenial atmosphere and improve the trust and confidence of the farmers”.
    It added {that a} keep of “implementation of all the three farm laws” might “assuage the hurt feelings” of protesting farmers and encourage them to come back to the negotiating desk with “confidence” and in “good faith”.

    In a press release, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, spearheading the protests by farmer unions tenting on the gates of Delhi since November 26, mentioned: “We noted that the Court has ordered suspension of implementation of the laws temporarily. Suspending the implementation of the laws as an interim measure is welcome, but is not a solution and the farmer unions have not been asking for this solution, given the fact that the implementation can be reinstated… The Government must repeal the laws.”
    The Morcha mentioned it will not take part in “any such committee process”.

    All 4 members have publicly been in favour of the farm legal guidelines and none of them has supported the calls for for repealing them. Three of the 4 consider the protesting farmers are misguided; they’re unanimous of their view that the farm legal guidelines will profit the farmers immensely.
    There is not any voice within the panel for the form of reservations towards the farm legal guidelines that the protesting farmers are elevating. But between the 4 of them, the panel members deliver a number of a long time of expertise, both as agricultural economists or farmer leaders.

  • SC places three farm legal guidelines on maintain: All that the apex courtroom mentioned in the present day

    The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the implementation of the three farm legal guidelines till additional discover. The courtroom additionally mentioned {that a} committee can be fashioned to look into the negotiations to finish the large protests over the three legal guidelines close to Delhi borders. Further, the highest courtroom issued a discover on the Delhi Police petition searching for to cease the tractor rally deliberate by farmers on Republic Day.
    The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, additionally sought the cooperation of protesting farmers. The committee will comprise of Bhupinder Singh Mann of Bhartiya Kisan Union, Anil Ghanwat of Shetkeri Sangthana, Pramod Kumar Joshi, and agriculture economist Ashok Gulati, information company PTI reported.
    The courtroom’s ruling got here throughout a listening to on petitions difficult the farm legal guidelines and the farmer agitation on the Delhi borders. An in depth order is predicted later within the day.

    Here’s what the Supreme Court mentioned in the course of the listening to on farm legal guidelines
    * Advocate M L Sharma, who’s among the many petitioners difficult the farm legal guidelines, informed the Supreme Court the farmers are unwilling to look earlier than a committee. To this, the CJI replied that these “genuinely” concerned about discovering an answer would seem earlier than the committee. According to Live Law, the CJI informed Sharma that courtroom is worried about defending the life and property of residents affected by the farmers’ protests. “We are not seized with matters of life and death. We are hearing the validity of farm laws. We are trying to solve the problem in accordance with law. We are forming the committee so that we have a clearer picture. We want to solve the problem. We want to know the ground situation,” the Live Law quoted the bench as saying
    * “This is not politics. There is a difference between politics and judiciary and you will have to cooperate”, the bench informed the farm unions.
    * “No power can prevent us from making committee to resolve the impasse on new farm laws. All of you who are genuinely interested to solve the problem have to go before the committee. The committee is not going to punish you,” the bench mentioned.

    * When Advocate ML Sharma complained that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not addressing the farmers, the bench mentioned the PM was not a celebration earlier than the courtroom.
    * A day after the SC informed farmer unions to ship house the aged and girls, AP Singh, representing farmers union BHU (Bhanu), mentioned the message has been handed on to his shoppers they usually have agreed to return, studies Live Law. The CJI tells Singh his assertion can be recorded.
    * The Supreme Court additionally raised the matter of a banned outfit allegedly infiltrating the farmers’ protest. To which Centre informed the apex courtroom that they’ve studies of Khalistanis supporting the protest. The high courtroom has requested the Centre to file an affidavit by tomorrow on whether or not a banned organisation, ‘Sikhs for Justice’, has infiltrated the farmers’ protests.  The SC order got here after P S Narasimha, who represents a petitioner supporting the farm legal guidelines, submitted the identical. The Attorney General has mentioned he’ll file an affidavit with Intelligence Bureau information.

    * CJI Bobde additionally requested if the farmers have approached Delhi Police for permission to carry the protest in Ramlila Maidan. To this, the attorneys replied that they don’t seem to be being allowed contained in the capital. “I expect a better argument. How does not allowing prevent you from making an application?” the CJI then mentioned, Bar & Bench reported.

  • SC ‘disappointed’ with negotiations, asks govt if farm legal guidelines might be placed on maintain

    The Supreme Court on Monday stated it’s “disappointed” with the negotiations between the farmers and the Centre and requested the federal government if it could pause the implementation of the three new farm legal guidelines. The apex court docket additional reiterated the necessity for a committee on the three legal guidelines and stated it would cease their implementation if the panel advises doing so. “We are not experts on the economy; you tell us whether govt is going to put on hold farm laws or we will do this,” the court docket stated.
    The court docket’s sharp remarks got here throughout a listening to on petitions difficult the farm legal guidelines and the farmer agitation on the Delhi borders.
    The bench led by Chief Justice S A Bobde slammed the Centre asking if the federal government was a “part of the solution or the problem.” “We are sorry to say that the Centre has not been able to solve the problem and the farmers’ agitation. We don’t want to make any stray observations on your negotiations but we are extremely disappointed with the process. What is going on? States are rebelling against your laws.”

    The bench, which additionally comprised of Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, additional stated that it was involved if the farmers had been getting meals and water throughout their protest at Delhi borders. “People are committing suicides. People are suffering in cold. Who is taking care of water and food?? Old people and women are in the ground. Why are old people in the farmer protests? We don’t want to comment on the agitation,” the bench stated. “Whether you have faith or not, we are the Supreme Court of India, we will do our job,” it additional informed the farm unions.
    Attorney General Okay Okay Venugopal opposed SC’s suggestion to remain the legal guidelines, saying that there are precedents that courts can’t keep laws. “A law can only be stayed if it’s passed without legislative competence, violates fundamental rights or violates provisions of Constitution.”

    Talks between the Centre and farmer unions on the brand new agriculture legal guidelines didn’t make any headway even after the eighth spherical of talks. The Centre and the farmer leaders are scheduled to carry their subsequent assembly on January 15.

    During the final listening to, the highest court docket, which had noticed that there isn’t any enchancment on the bottom relating to farmers’ protests, was informed by the Centre that “healthy discussions” had been occurring between the federal government and the unions over all the problems and there was probability that each side might come to a conclusion within the close to future.

  • Farmers, govt keep on with their stance over agri legal guidelines; subsequent spherical of talks on Jan 15: Key Points

    Image Source : PTI/INDIA TV Farmers leaders depart Vigyan Bhawan after the eighth spherical of assembly with the Centre over the brand new farm legal guidelines, in New Delhi.
    Farmers and Centre on Friday met for the eighth spherical of talks over farm legal guidelines however the assembly ended with none resolution because the farmers union remained adamant on their demand of repealing the legal guidelines, saying they might accept nothing lower than that. The talks failed to interrupt an over-a-month-long impasse, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated no resolution could possibly be reached as unions didn’t give options to their demand for the repeal of legal guidelines.

    Centre-Farmers eighth spherical of talks on farm legal guidelines | Key takeaways

    Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stated the federal government remains to be hopeful that union leaders will include options to debate within the subsequent spherical of talks on January 15.
    The Union Minister just about dominated out repeal of the legal guidelines saying many different teams throughout the nation are supporting these reforms.
    On whether or not the federal government made a proposal to farmers to affix a pending case in Supreme Court on points associated to farmers’ protest, Tomar stated the federal government didn’t make any such suggestion however it’s all the time dedicated to observe no matter is set by the Supreme Court.
    Sources stated the following date has been determined after conserving in thoughts a scheduled listening to of the Supreme Court on January 11 as the federal government feels the apex courtroom might look into the legality of the three legal guidelines, in addition to different points associated to farmers’ protests.
    Asked whether or not the federal government would think about any proposal for permitting states to resolve whether or not to implement the legal guidelines or not, Tomar stated no such proposal was made by any farmer chief on this regard, but when such a suggestion is made the federal government will take a name at the moment.
    After the assembly, union chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan stated the assembly was inconclusive and it was unlikely that any decision can occur within the subsequent spherical of talks as effectively. “We do not want anything less than the repeal of laws,” he stated.
    “Government is testing our strength, but we will not bow down. It seems we will have to spend Lohri and Baisakhi festivals here at protest sides,” he stated. Another union chief Hannan Mollah stated farmers are able to struggle until demise and going to courtroom was not an possibility. He stated the farmer unions will meet on January 11 to resolve their subsequent plan of action.
    Jai Kisan Andolan union chief Ravinder Kaur was seen crying after the assembly and stated many moms have misplaced their sons and lots of daughters have misplaced their fathers.
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    Sticking to their key demand of the repeal of three farm legal guidelines to finish their protest, farmer leaders instructed the federal government their “ghar wapsi” from protest websites on Delhi borders can occur solely after “law wapsi” however the Centre insisted talks have to be restricted to contentious clauses and dominated out a whole withdrawal of Acts.
    At the eighth spherical of negotiations with the 41-member consultant group of protesting farmers, the federal government dominated out the repeal of the legal guidelines, whereas asserting that these reforms have been welcomed by a big part of farmers in numerous states and requested the unions to consider the pursuits of all the nation.
    Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Railways, Commerce and Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State for Commerce Som Parkash, who’s an MP from Punjab, have been holding talks with unions at Vigyan Bhawan within the coronary heart of the nationwide capital, whereas hundreds of farmers have stayed put at numerous Delhi borders to protest in opposition to the three legal guidelines they discover pro-corporate and in opposition to the prevailing mandi and MSP procurement techniques.
    At the outset, Tomar appealed to unions for discussions on the legal guidelines, whereas farm leaders reiterated their demand that the brand new Acts have to be withdrawn, sources stated, including that the agriculture minister careworn on defending the farmers’ curiosity of all the nation.
    “Our ‘ghar wapsi’ (return to home) can happen only if you do ‘law wapsi’ (repeal of laws),” a farmer chief stated on the assembly.
    “Ideally, the Centre should not interfere in agriculture matters as various Supreme Court orders have declared farming as a state subject. It seems you (the government) do not want to resolve the issue as talks have been happening for so many days. In that case, please give us a clear answer and we will go. Why waste everyone’s time,” one other farmer chief stated on the assembly.
    All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) member Kavitha Kuruganti, who was additionally current within the assembly, stated the federal government has instructed unions that it cannot and won’t repeal these legal guidelines.
    Around one hour after the assembly, the three ministers stepped out of the dialogue corridor for their very own inner consultations, after union leaders determined to watch silence whereas holding out papers with slogans together with ‘Jeetenge ya Marenge’ (We will both win or die). The union leaders, nevertheless, refused to take a lunch break and stayed put within the assembly room, a supply stated.
    Before the beginning of the assembly, Tomar had additionally met senior BJP chief and Home Minister Amit Shah for about an hour. Separately, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar additionally met Shah.

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  • ‘Ghar wapsi’ solely after ‘law wapsi’: Protesting farmers dig in heels after talks with Centre fail to make headway

    The eighth spherical of negotiations between the protesting farmer unions and the Centre over the recently-enacted agriculture legal guidelines ended on an inconclusive observe Friday, with farmers sticking to their key demand of repeal of the farm legal guidelines and the Centre insisting to restrict the talks to contentious clauses. The subsequent spherical of talks is prone to be held on January 15.
    Holding their floor throughout assembly, the 41-member consultant group of the agitating farmers instructed the federal government their “ghar wapsi” (return to house) can happen solely after “regulation wapsi“ (repeal of legal guidelines) whereas the Centre dominated out an entire withdrawal of Acts. It asserted that a big part of farmers in different states throughout the nation have welcomed the legal guidelines and requested the unions to consider the pursuits of the whole nation.
    “Our ‘ghar wapsi’ can happen only if you do ‘law wapsi’,” a farmer chief mentioned on the assembly, information company PTI reported. “Ideally, the Centre should not interfere in agriculture matters as various Supreme Court orders have declared farming as a state subject. It seems you (the government) do not want to resolve the issue as talks have been happening for so many days. In that case, please give us a clear answer and we will go. Why to waste everyone’s time,” mentioned one other union chief on the assembly.
    Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait and farmer representatives through the eighth spherical of talks with the federal government over the brand new farm legal guidelines, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)
    Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, whereas chatting with reporters after the assembly, mentioned no resolution might be reached as unions didn’t give options to their demand for the repeal of legal guidelines. However, the federal government continues to be hopeful that union leaders will provide you with options to debate within the subsequent spherical of talks on January 15, Tomar mentioned, whereas just about ruling out the repeal of the legal guidelines.
    On whether or not the federal government proposed to farmers to affix a pending case in Supreme Court on points associated to farmers’ protest, Tomar mentioned the federal government didn’t make any such suggestion however it’s at all times dedicated to observe no matter is determined by the Supreme Court.
    A farmer shares his scarf with a toddler as they sit on a street divider listening to a speaker throughout a protest towards new farm legal guidelines on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
    Just earlier than the graduation of the farmers-Centre meet, Tomar met senior BJP chief and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, PTI reported quoting its sources.
    Farmers to satisfy on Jan 11 to resolve subsequent plan of action
    After the assembly, union chief Joginder Singh Ugrahan mentioned the assembly was inconclusive and it was unlikely that any answer might be discovered by way of the following spherical of talks as effectively. “We do not want anything less than the repeal of laws,” he mentioned, including that the federal government is testing their power, “but we will not bow down”. “It seems we will have to spend Lohri and Baisakhi festivals here at protest sides,” he mentioned. General Secretary, All India Kisan Sabha Hannan Mollah mentioned farmers are able to combat until demise and going to courtroom over this was not an possibility. He mentioned the farmer unions will meet on January 11 to resolve their subsequent plan of action. Mollah additionally mentioned tractor parade will go on as deliberate on January 26.
    Farmers shouts slogans as they take out a tractor rally in a protest towards new farm legal guidelines at Ghaziabad, outskirts of New Delhi, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
    Jai Kisan Andolan union chief Ravinder Kaur broke down after the assembly with the Centre and mentioned many moms have misplaced their sons and lots of daughters have misplaced their fathers through the protest.

    Lakha Singh spoke to us out of his ache for farmers: Tomar
    On Thursday’s assembly with Baba Lakha Singh, one of many heads of the Nanaksar Sikh sect primarily based in Punjab, Tomar mentioned the federal government didn’t strategy him however the non secular chief spoke to him “out of his pain for farmers”. “Lakha Singh was distressed that farmers are agitating in winter. He conveyed to us farmers’ view, I presented the government’s. I urged him to talk to Unions’ leaders. We didn’t approach him, he spoke to us out of his pain for farmers,” Tomar mentioned.

    Tomar on Thursday had met Lakha Singh, who has been organising langar on the protest websites, mentioned he wished to mediate between the federal government and protesting farmers. While Tomar had performed down the assembly, farmer unions mentioned the non secular chief wasn’t talking for them.
    (With inputs from PTI, ANI)

  • Farmers Protest LIVE Updates: Seventh spherical of farmers-Centre talks at present; three die at Delhi borders

    Farmers sit behind their tractor trolley as they proceed to dam a freeway on the Delhi- Haryana border on the outskirts of New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)Farmers Protest LIVE News Updates: Representatives of the farmers protesting on the Delhi borders will maintain talks with members of the Central authorities for the primary time this 12 months, the place the latter hopes to prevail over the demand to repeal the brand new farm legal guidelines.
    This comes after the sixth spherical of debate on December 30 the place either side reached a consensus on two points—the rise in energy tariff and penalties for stubble burning. However, the assembly, which lasted for over 5 hours, failed to interrupt the impasse over the repeal of three agriculture legislations and a authorized assure for minimal assist worth (MSP).
    Ahead of their talks with the federal government, the farmer leaders reiterated their calls for on Sunday. “Our demands remain the same. The farm laws must be repealed. The two amendments need to be rolled back and the government must listen. Our agitation will continue,” Jageer Singh Dalewal, a Bharat Kisan Union member mentioned. They even threatened to close malls and petrol pumps if the Monday’s talks with the Centre fail. The Agriculture Ministry officers too labored over the weekend to arrange for the subsequent spherical of talks. An official mentioned the federal government is “extremely concerned” and needs a “positive outcome”.
    On Sunday, the Haryana police fired tear fuel shells to cease a gaggle of farmers, principally from Rajasthan, from shifting in direction of Delhi. Rajesh Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bawal, mentioned: “The protesters said those who had gone ahead did not have enough provisions. They asked for permission to go to them and set up a langar, and were allowed to do so. However, when they got there, the entire group tried to break through the barricades and move forward.”
    Meanwhile, three deaths have been reported on the Singhu and Tikri borders, the place farmers have been tenting for over a month now. Jagbir, 66, from Jind district, and Jashnpreet, 18, from Bathinda, died in Tikri, whereas, Shamsher, 44, from Sangrur was discovered lifeless inside a truck at Singhu protest web site.
    Meanwhile, protesters from varied farmer unions clashed in Sangrur with Moga police Sunday afternoon whereas agitating towards the go to of Punjab BJP president Ashwani Sharma Sunday.
    The BJP president had come to attend a celebration employees’ assembly on the residence of Sangrur district president Randip Deol. Kirti Kisan Union (KKU) protesters clashed with police who had put up a double barricading on the Sangrur-Patiala bypass forward of Deol’s home.
    SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal too confronted protests at Bhadra village of Budhlada constituency in Mansa district Sunday afternoon. The former Union minister had gone to go to a couple of villages of Mansa to condole the households of farmers who had died at Delhi borders. However, after her visitto the home of 1 Jagseer Singh, she confronted protest from villagers bearing flags of BKU Ugrahan and BKU Dakaunda, asking her to return.