The farmers will hold a one-day hunger strike at all the protest sites on Monday and will not allow toll collection on all the national highways in Haryana from December 25 to 27. Thousands of farmers have been demonstrating in various borders of Delhi for the past four weeks, demanding the repeal of new agricultural laws. At the same time, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar can visit farmers’ organizations in one or two days.
Commenting on the strike, Swaraj’s head of India Yogendra Yadav said, “On Monday, farmers will hold fast all day at all the demonstration venues.
Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Daleywala said farmers will not be allowed toll collection on all highways in Haryana from December 25 to 27. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikite was also present at the press conference. Tikite said farmers who oppose the new farming laws will celebrate Farmers Day on Dec. 23. “We request people not to cook lunch today,” he said.
The Kisan Divas are celebrated on December 23rd, and I urge people to give up the meal to-day: Rakesh Tikite, Indian Kisan Union. #FarmerProtest pic.twitter.com/iv5E1IcHyx
– ANI (@ANI) December 20, 2020
Tomar may meet protesters: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar is expected to meet representatives of farmers’ organizations protesting at the Delhi border in one or two days, demanding the repeal of the new agricultural laws. “I am not fully aware of the timing, but the Shah is expected to meet with Tomar’s representatives tomorrow (Monday) or tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss their demands,” Shah said at a press conference in Bengal. . ”
Farmer Organization has written to PM Modi and Tomar
At the same time, the All India Kisan Conflict Coordination Committee on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar saying that the ongoing peasant protests have nothing to do with any political party. The committee said in separate letters to PM Modi and Tomar in Hindi that the opposition parties are sponsoring the farmers’ agitation against these three agrarian laws. The letters were written on behalf of the Farmers’ Organization when the Prime Minister a day earlier accused opposition parties of misleading farmers on the three agrarian laws.
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