Farmers have announced that they will hold a rally in Delhi on January 26 amid a hullabaloo against the Center’s agrarian laws, but the Delhi police have approached the Supreme Court to prevent this. At the hearing, the Supreme Court said it was the job of the Delhi police to decide who would come to Delhi and who would not. The court will decide how many people come to the city. Now the matter will come up for hearing on Wednesday, January 20th.
In fact, the Supreme Court heard the central government’s petition filed by the Delhi police on Monday. On January 26, the court issued a petition seeking an order to halt a farmers’ tractor rally or other similar demonstration that disrupted the Republican celebration.
Farmers’ unions, which display agricultural laws, said they would embark on their proposed tractor parade in Delhi during the Republic Day and expressed commitment to continue their agitation until the abolition of agricultural laws. On the other hand, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar demanded that the next round of talks on January 19 be discussed on ‘alternatives’ rather than repeal laws. The Supreme Court is hearing today on the issues of agricultural law. “Farmers are ready to protest against the Center’s new agrarian laws by May 2024 and the farmers’ movement on the Delhi border is an ‘ideological revolution’,” Rakesh Tikite, leader of the Indian Kisan Union (BKU), told reporters in Nagpur on Sunday. There is. He said, ‘We are ready to perform by May 2024. We demand that all three laws be revoked and the government guarantees the MSP a legal one.
Addressing a press conference at the protest site on the Indus border, Union leader Yogendra Yadav said, ‘We will parade the tractor on the Uuter Tur Ring Road in Delhi on the Republic Day. The procession is very peaceful. There will be no disruption to the Republican procession. Farmers put the national flag on their tractors. Officials have appealed to the Supreme Court to stop the proposed tractor parade or any such protests by farmers, so as not to disturb the January 26 republic. The matter is pending in court.
Prior to the tenth round of talks on the new agricultural laws, which will be held on January 19, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar again on Sunday urged farmer leaders to give up their ‘stance on new agricultural laws and discuss every aspect of law. Tomar told reporters before Bunny left for his constituency, Morena, in Madhya Pradesh, “Now that the Supreme Court has stopped the implementation of these laws, there is no question of adopting a stubborn approach.” He said the government wants the farmer leaders to come to the next meeting on January 19 to discuss every aspect of the law. In addition to demanding repeal of the laws, the government is “serious and open-minded to consider other options,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court-appointed committee on new agricultural laws will hold its first meeting on Jan. 19 at the Pusa campus. Anil Ghanwat, one of the committee members, gave this information on Sunday. The head of the Shatkari Organization (Maharashtra), Ghanwat, said, “We are holding a meeting on January 19 at the Pusa campus. Only members attend the meeting to determine their future strategy. One of the four members of the committee said that he had left the committee. If the Supreme Court does not appoint new members, the existing members will continue in the assigned work.
Indian Kisan Union President Bhupinder Singh Mann stepped down from the committee last week. Speaking at a press conference in Nagpur, Tikit said the minimum support price (MSP) should be guaranteed by law. He said, ‘This is the ideological revolution of the peasants who started from Delhi and it will not fail. The farmers of the villages want us not to return until the three agricultural laws are revoked. ‘
Repeating the allegation that wealthy farmers were helping the demonstration, Tikite said the people of the villages and many organizations were involved. “This is the ideological revolution of the peasants who started from Delhi. It will not fail,” he said. The farmers of the villages want us not to go back until the three farm bills are withdrawn. “The government is determined to take back the law and the movement will continue for a long time,” said Tikite.
Asked about the government’s parallel talks with protesting farmers organizations after the creation of the Supreme Court panel, Ghanwat said, “If the solution goes through our committee or through the government’s separate negotiations with the protesting peasant organizations (both of them try to do so), we have no problem.” Let them (government) continue the debate, we have been assigned a task and we are fully focused on it.
Despite nine rounds of talks between the government and 41 farmer organizations protesting, the chaos has not been resolved. In fact, agitating farmer organizations are demanding the complete repeal of these three laws. At the last meeting, the Center suggested that, at its meeting on January 19, to end the agitation, the farmer organizations should form their own informal group and formulate a concrete proposal on three agricultural laws. Thousands of farmers, mainly in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting in various borders of Delhi for more than a month.
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