Included in the four-member committee set-up by the Supreme Court to hold talks with the farmers agitating over the new farm laws, Anil Ghanwat on Tuesday said that protesting farmers will get justice. The Supreme Court on January 12 stayed the implementation of three farm laws and tasked the committee of experts to listen to grievances of the farmers on the farm laws and the views of the government and submit its report to the court within two months. Anil Ghanwat, president of the Shetkari Sanghatana, a Maharashtra-based farmer organisation told ANI, This movement should stop somewhere and a law should be made in the interest of farmers. First we need to listen to farmers, if they had some misconception about Minimum Support Price (MSP) and Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), we will clear it, they need to be assured that whatever is happening is in their interest.
Has the Supreme Court order on January 12 further complicated an already problematic scenario? Farmers during their ongoing agitation over the new farm reform laws at Singhu border in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: PTI
The Supreme Court, on January 12, sought to resolve the almost two-month long stand-off between farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana, and parts of Uttar Pradesh, and the Central Government over the three farm laws that were passed by Parliament in September. Representatives of farmer unions and the Centre have held eight rounds of meetings, but been unable to reach a middle ground. The government, on its part, made several concessions, but the protesting farmers have been adamant that the three laws should be scrapped. Ultimately, owing to the lack of progress in negotiations, and the fact that petitions both supporting and challenging the laws had been filed in courts, the Supreme Court intervened. In its order, the court temporarily stayed
The farmer leaders said they are not willing to participate in any proceedings before a committee appointed by the Supreme Court, but a formal decision on this will be taken by the Morcha., , Farmer leaders, farmers protest
Dushyant Chautala Meets PM Modi Amid Farmers Protest, Rumours of Rift in Alliance
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Haryana s Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, amid the ongoing six-week-long farmers protest and rumours of a rift in the state government.
Chautala is the leader of Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) which is an alliance partner in the BJP-led government in Haryana. A section of JJP MLAs is believed to have been facing pressure from the agitating farmers.
CNN-News18 reports that Chautala and Modi were set to discuss the agricultural laws and farmers situation. The textile hub, east west corridor, and rail routes were also expected to be among the topics of discussion between the two.
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More tractors from Punjab are coming to Delhi for the R-Day parade protest announced by the farmers
This comes a day after the SC put on hold 3 farm laws and formed a panel for talks with farmers
NEW DELHI: More farmers from Punjab and Haryana are set to join thousands of farmers who had been protesting in the national capital since November 28 last year, demanding a repeal of the Centre’s three farm laws and a legal guarantee on the minimum support price for their crops.
According to reports, hundreds of
The farmers have planned to hold a rally parallel to the Republic Day Parade, calling in farmers from across Punjab and Haryana to participate. A village in Punjab s Sangrur has even decided to fine those who choose to stay out of the rally.