Ahead of the talks with farmers on December 3 to resolve variations more than the new agriculture laws, agitating farmers had been prevented in various areas in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh from getting into Delhi for the two-day scheduled protest. The Congress celebration supported the farmers’ demand to withdraw the laws or make minimum assistance price tag (MSP) a legal suitable.
Swaraj Abhiyan’s Yogendra Yadav and his supporters had been detained by Haryana police at Rewari although finance secretary of All India Kisan Sabha Krishna Prasad was detained at Mandir Marg police station in Delhi. Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh leader Shivkumar ‘Kakkaji’ was also detained in Delhi along with numerous other farmers.
“Farmers were picked up from Jantar Mantar by police and their whereabouts not known. Many of our youth activists kept at Mayapuri stadium. Farmers from other states who had earlier reached and were staying at a Gurudwara, were picked up from there in the morning so that they could not reach the protest site at Jantar Mantar,” mentioned Ashutosh, spokesperson of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC).
Punjab farmers have been demanding the repeal of the new farm laws. They are asking for the Centre’s laws to be replaced by laws exactly where there is a assure on the MSP.
The Centre enacted two new laws providing freedom to farmers and traders to obtain and sell at any spot which includes mandis and also amended the archaic Essential Commodities Act, 1st via Ordinances in June and later by passing corresponding laws in Parliament.
As thousands of farmers from Punjab marched towards Delhi, they had been stopped at Haryana border exactly where the state government blocked all entry points which includes highways to stop their onward journey. Farmers had been observed coming with ration and cooking provisions in tractor trolleys indicating they are ready for a longer protest rather than two days. Delhi Police earlier had denied permission to hold the protest at any spot for the duration of November 26-27.
Farmers crossed Shambhu border at Ambala and have crossed Kurukshetra, Pipli Mandi in tens of thousands and are marching towards Delhi, PTI reported. Thousands of tractors and trolleys are carrying farmers, ladies and kids from interior places of Punjab. Use of water cannon on peaceful protestors in winter nights by police has been condemned by farmer leaders and opposition parties. Haryana government has prevented various such protest marches from the villages by taking into custody numerous farmer leaders beneath preventive detention. Still, huge mobilisations had been observed at all districts of the state, mentioned Ashutosh.
Some 150-200 farmers from Uttar Pradesh had been detained at Noida-Delhi border although yet another 2,000-odd had been stopped at Rampur on the Nainital–Delhi highway. The stand-off continues close to Agra, exactly where Medha Patkar, Pratibha Shinde and other people had been prevented from moving to Delhi. Protests had been also held in Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat, AIKSCC mentioned in a statement.
Meanwhile, there is stress on the Centre to reschedule the December 3 meeting to an earlier date. The Congress celebration also demanded an quick dialogue with farmers ought to get started. Last week farmers in Punjab had decided to contact off “rail roko” agitation, lifting the two-month-extended blockade, following which railways have resumed solutions to the state.
The metting with farmers have been named by union meals secretary exactly where each agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar and meals minister Piyush Goyal are anticipated to talk about with farmers. Officials from meals and agriculture departments of the Punjab government have also been invited for the talks. In the 1st round of talks held on November 13 each sides stuck to their stated position resulting in a deadlock.