On Delhi s Borders, Protesters Made a Lohri Bonfire Out of Copies of Central Farm Laws
Exasperated over the Centre s tepid response to their protest, some of the farmers lamented they might even end up celebrating Baisakhi, which is celebrated in April, at the protest sites.
Farmers burn copies of the new farm laws as they celebrate Lohri festival during their ongoing protest against the central government, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
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New Delhi: For protesting farmers on the Delhi borders, Lohri festivities this time around were marked by burning copies of three Central farm laws in the bonfires which are an integral part of the harvest festival.
"Truly independent" persons should have been appointed on the committee formed by the Supreme Court to resolve the impasse over new farm laws, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Thursday.
In rejecting SC proposal to negotiate with panel, protesting farmers are displaying obduracy The protesting farmer unions have accused the Union government of stubbornness and advised the Centre to shed its ego but they would do well to heed their own advice. Sreemoy Talukdar January 14, 2021 09:22:08 IST Representational image of farmers protest. AP
There is no other way of saying it. The protesting farmers, picketing on the outskirts of the National Capital, are showing no signs that they are serious about reaching a solution to the stalemate over the agricultural reforms. Instead, they are displaying a Trumpian obduracy in refusing to negotiate beyond ‘my way or the highway’. With due respect to the real farmers among the protestors who are braving the elements and standing their ground to achieve their objectives, they are neither the sole custodia