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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at the BJP leadership including Modi and Adityanath-asserted that BJP is worse than the Britishers

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took a swipe at the BJP over farmers’ issues. Speaking at Meerut’s Kissan Mahapanchayat, he even called top BJP leaders, including his Uttar Pradesh (UP) counterpart, Yogi Adityanath, liars over their claims on minimum support price (MSP).

Providing supporting and powering the farmers’ protests in Uttar Pradesh, he lashed out at the Centre’s indifference towards the farmers who have been protesting for the last three months at Delhi’s borders, Singhu, Tikri, and Ghaziabad, against the three Farm-Laws. Addressing a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ in UP’s Meerut, Kejriwal alleged that the January 26 violence at Red Fort was orchestrated by the BJP itself. Comparing the BJP to Britishers, he said that not even the colonisers had used water canons and lathis on farmers.

Also Read: The unprecedented protests by farmers: Background, Unions, Loopholes in the laws & role of Charan Singh

Taking a jibe at the Prime Minister’s recent speech in Parliament, in which he had reassured that the MSP system would stay, Mr. Kejriwal asked where in Uttar Pradesh MSP was paid.  Mr. Kejriwal used that statement to attack the entire BJP leadership. Chief Minister Adityanath was in his firing line as well.

Also See: An overview of farmers’ protests- role of Charan Singh

“Their minister keeps saying that MSP was there and will remain. But you tell me if farmers get MSP in any of the mandis. They lie day and night. Yogi Adityanath lies,” Kejriwal said in Meerut.

He zeroed-in on UP’s sugarcane farmers to drive home his point saying that they had not been getting their dues up to two years. The cumulative backlog, he said, was Rs18,000 crore. He sought to know what Mr. Adityanath’s helplessness was in not fixing the sugar-mill owners’ problem.

“Yogi Adityanath, shame on your government if you are incapable of ensuring payments sugarcane farmers,” Mr. Kejriwal said.

He said that the problems can be fixed only if the government has the right intent and that funds would not the issue then. He cited his own government’s example in Delhi with regards to power supply and bills in the city.

“If you elect a government with the right intent, farmers would get their payment even before they reach home after depositing their produce in the mills,” he said. The Delhi Chief Minister also took up the issue of galloping fuel prices, reiterating that a government with the right intent could bring down petrol and diesel rates.

“I would like to say at the end that this is a national movement, a pure movement. I am not doing any favours. I will tell you that the government will ultimately have to bow before you,” he told the Mahapanchayat.

Also See: Overview of the Farmers’ unions in the protests

Proclaiming that the Centre’s Farm Laws were a ‘death warrant’ for farmers, Kejriwal said that farmers will become labourers in their own fields. Highlighting AAP’s involvement in the farmers’ protests, Kejriwal said that his government had supplied water, food, medical supplies, toilets, and other facilities. “Centre’s three farm laws are death warrant for farmers. The government wants to take away their lands and give them to 3-4 capitalists. Farmers will become labourers in their own fields, that is why it is do or die situation for farmers,” he said.

He added, “We have participated in the protest from the beginning. Centre’s plan was to stop them but they reached Delhi border. Centre had sent me a file, and it was written that Delhi’s 9 large stadiums were to be turned into jails, but I have that power, they had to send the file. We have been helping them with water, free wifi, toilets.” Remembering BKU leader Rakesh Tikait‘s breakdown at Ghazipur, he said that it was unbelievable sight saying, “On January 28 night, what we saw was unbelievable. Rakesh Tikait-ji was sitting at Ghazipur border, he was doing it for farmers and govt sent their police goons, he got emotional and cried. We could not see it.”

Also Read: Farmers’ protests: U-turn after a night of clampdown- if need be we would protest standing, said a septuagenarian protester

AAP had voted against the Farm Bills in the Parliament with MP Sanjay Singh storming the well and manhandling a marshal by grabbing his neck when he tried to stop his path to the well resulting in his suspension from the Rajya Sabha for the entire monsoon session. Later, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and all AAP MLAs tore copies of the Centre’s Farm Laws in the Delhi Assembly, before passing a resolution against the farm laws. Moreover, both Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh have met Tikait and addressed Kisan Mahapanchayats in UP. Delhi government has also supplied free water, wi-fi, medical facilities, toilets, food, and legal aid to the protesting farmers at Delhi borders. Talks between farmers and Centre have stalled after government suggested stalling the laws for 1.5 years, while farmers have remained determined on repealing of the laws.

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A Farmer-leader and another man arrested from Jammu for the January 26 violence during the farmer-tractor rally

Delhi Police have arrested two people

Two arrests were made with regards to the farmers’ protests from Jammu.

Delhi Police have arrested two people, including a prominent farmer leader, from Jammu for their alleged involvement in the violence at the Red Fort during the farmers’ tractor parade on January 26, officials said on Tuesday.

Jammu and Kashmir United Kisan Front Chairman Mohinder Singh (45), a resident of Chatha area of Jammu city, and Mandeep Singh (23), a resident of Gole Gujral, Jammu, were “active participants” and “key conspirators” in the violence at the historic fort, Delhi Police said.

The duo was taken into custody by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday night and immediately shifted to the national capital for questioning, they said.

They were apprehended with the support of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Delhi Police said.

“As per the information received, both the accused are active participants and key conspirators in the riot at Red Fort,” Delhi Police Additional PRO Anil Mittal said.

Also See: An overview of farmers’ protests- role of Charan Singh

Thousands of protesters had clashed with the police during the tractor parade called by farmer unions on January 26 demanding repeal of the Centre’s farm laws.

Many of the protesters reached the Red Fort driving tractors and entered the monument during the chaos on Republic Day. Mohinder’s family, however, claimed that he was innocent and demanded his immediate release.

“He (Mohinder Singh) informed me that he was called by the Senior Superintendent of Police (Jammu) and was visiting Gandhi Nagar Police Station before his mobile got switched off. Upon enquiring, I came to know that he was arrested by police and shifted to Delhi,” the farmer leader’s wife told reporters.

She claimed that her husband was at the Delhi border and not at Red Fort when the violence broke out. “He went alone to see the SSP because he was not afraid as he had done nothing wrong,” she said.

(PTI)

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While farmer-leaders are driving ahead the protests, Hooda asked GOI to begin dialogue & talks

Various farmer-leaders like Balbir Singh Rajewal & Rakesh Tikait have continuously upped the ante in the farmers’ protests against GOI. While Rajewal had stated that Delhi police cops should be gheraoed if they come to arrest the farmers, Tikait recently at a mahapanchayat at Kharkhoda at Sonipat, Haryana stated that the movement will go on till the three farm laws are not repealed.

In a parallel development, on Monday, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Former Chief Minister of Haryana said that the Centre should take initiative and restart the dialogue with farmers protesting against the farm laws to find a solution to the issue.

GOI has held 11 rounds of negotiation with protesting unions, with last round of talks taking place  on January 22, and these have remained inconclusive with regard to rollback of the laws.

“The government should find a solution to this soon. The government should take the initiative and restart the process of dialogue and accept the demands of the farmers,” Hooda told reporters.

Farmers mostly from Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi’s borders since November 28 last year demanding rollback of the laws.

The three farm laws, enacted in September last year, have been projected by the government as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove middlemen and allow farmers to sell anywhere in the country.

However, the protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that the new laws would pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of MSP and do away with the mandis, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.

The Centre has repeatedly asserted that these mechanisms will remain.

Also See: An overview of farmers’ protests- role of Charan Singh

Meanwhile, Hooda was asked to comment on the Enforcement Directorate filing a chargesheet against him and some others, including four retired IAS officers, in a money-laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the allocation of over a dozen industrial plots worth more than Rs 30 crore in the Panchkula area in 2013.

When asked to comment on allegations that the plots were allocated to his “acquaintances”, Hooda said that he had earlier also stated that “all this is politically motivated”.

“I have full faith in the judiciary; everything will be crystal clear,” he added.

Lashing out at the BJP-JJP government, Hooda claimed that the dispensation gave preference to the youth of other states in the Sub Divisional Officers’ recruitment in the electricity department.

He added, “On one hand, the government claims that it will give 75 percent reservation to Haryana residents in private jobs as well, but the government is employing a vast majority of people from other states in other recruitments, instead of local youth.”

Also Read: The unprecedented protests by farmers: Background, Unions, Loopholes in the laws & role of Charan Singh

“In the SDO recruitment, the government has given preference to the youth of other states, bypassing the youth of Haryana. A total of the 99 people have been selected for 90 general category posts, including nine on the waiting list. But out of these 99, only 22 are from Haryana,” Hooda claimed.

He alleged that the policies of the state government have led to job losses.

“The government is cancelling recruitments one after the other on various grounds. First the recruitment of Village Secretary, then PGT Sanskrit teacher and now TGT English has also been cancelled. Educated youths are suffering due to the irregularities of the government,” he said.

The leader of opposition also raised questions on the new sports policy of the government and said that the coalition government has completely destroyed the “Padak Lao, Pad Pao (win medals, get posts)” policy of the previous Congress government, which was appreciated by all.

“The new policy discriminates against paralympic medal winners. The appointment of para-olympians has been restricted to Group-B posts,” he said.

Also See: Overview of the Farmers’ unions in the protests

Hooda also lashed out at the coalition government in the state while alleging that unemployment was increasing and corruption was rampant in various spheres.

He also said that the state government was continuously increasing VAT rate on petrol-diesel to raise additional revenue and reminded that during Congress’ tenure, diesel was the cheapest in Haryana as the VAT rate on it was just 9.2 percent.

“Now, the VAT rate is almost double,” he said.

Referring to the Special Investigation Team constituted by the Haryana government to probe deaths due to spurious liquor, Hooda said that the SIT had submitted its report, but it was not being made public.

He added, “More than 40 people died after drinking spurious liquor in November last year and a big liquor scam was exposed in the state.”

“The SIT has submitted its investigation report to the government, but the government is not ready to make it public as many big names will be exposed,” he added.

Replying to a question, Hooda reiterated that the Congress will bring a no-confidence motion against this government in the forthcoming session of the state assembly.

He claimed that “voices of dissent” are being heard among the MLAs supporting the government.

“The no-confidence motion will let people know which MLA stands with the government and which MLA stands with farmers,” he added.

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Despite all rumours, farmers’ movement running for more than 85 days is growing stronger, said BKU leader

BKU-JSD

In a conversation with a News Site, near Singhu border, a leader of BKU asserted that the farmers’ movement has grown stronger even after the episode of the Republic Day.  The farmers’ movement has been going on for more than 85 days.

Jagjit Singh Dallewal of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Sidhupur calmly stated, “The government is diverting our focus.” He further added, “We are now occupied with providing legal aid and support to over a hundred arrested people, a majority of whom are innocent.”

Also See: An overview of Farmers’ protests-role of Charan Singh

Admitting that the events of January 26 were a big jolt to the movement, the leader of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), Jagjit Dallewal, said that they are continuously working towards making this agitation even “stronger”.  He, along with other farmer-leaders, had a run-in with a journalist from a big media house accused of portraying the farmers’ movement in a “bad light”.

“The events of January 26 have undoubtedly dealt a big blow to the movement, but we are mobilizing more and more people. In the coming days, the movement will emerge stronger,” he added.

Dallewal stated, “Our movement faced a setback on January 26. It came as a big jolt to all of us. But now we are making this movement stronger. More and more people from Punjab are joining us. Not just Punjab of course, but Haryana and Uttar Pradesh’s farmers are also gathering in large numbers, more than before. The response to the call of a nationwide chakka jaam and the rail roko programme has been good. It was after January 26 that these calls were made.”

Also See: Overview of the Farmers’ unions in the protests

He further added, “In Rajasthan, farmers also blocked toll plazas after January 26, which means that the movement is ongoing. Even in Uttar Pradesh, farmers were not allowed to mobilize, but in seven districts, they managed to do it despite the state pressure. All this shows that the farmers’ movement is on track.”

He also elaborated, “I believe that the support for this movement will be even stronger now. Earlier, people spoke only against the three black laws. Now, people are also against the dirty, repressive tricks of this government. Everyone is aware of the conspiracy the government tried to hatch on January 26, to malign the movement.”

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Mehbooba Mufti said that a peaceful protest needs to be put in the form of farmers’ movement for the restoration of Article 370

Mehbooba Mufti

Peoples’ Democratic Party leader and former chief minister of J&K, Mehbooba Mufti said that there is a need for peaceful struggle on the pattern of farmers’ protest in Jammu and Kashmir for the restoration of Article 370. Mehbooba Mufti is the Vice-President of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, which is meant to peacefully seek the restoration of the erstwhile state’s special status and fight for the rights of the people in the restive region. Farooq Abdullah is the president of the Gupkar Declaration.

“After usurping the rights of people by removing Article 370, people here are frightened. There is a need for a peaceful struggle to strive for a resolution of the Kashmir issue and also for the restoration of Article 370. We have to initiate a peaceful struggle the way farmers have started in Delhi,” Mehbooba said talking to reporters in Baramulla after holding a convention with the party workers.

She further added, “The government has come up with a domicile law. It is imposing property tax and other taxes. It has reduced the age of retirement of employees to 48. It seems the government is out to break the economic prosperity of the people of J&K. They want to reduce people to very poor so that they will not talk about the Kashmir issue or Article 370.”

She described the “daily imposition of different taxes” as a conspiracy to spread poverty in J&K as a means to force people to give up talking about the Kashmir issue and Article 370.

“The government dismantles bunkers to show the envoys that there is normalcy when there are one million troops present here. They then take them to meet some selected people. After that, they seek assurance from the envoys in New Delhi that everything is normal in J&K. It shows that the government is also in a panic that whatever it has done in J&K and whatever it is doing in J&K is wrong,” she added.

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Naresh Tikait at Sisauli: Be ready to feed 100 farmers if one invites BJP leaders

Farmers’ protests took another turn today. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) National President Naresh Tikait told people not to invite BJP leaders to the wedding ceremonies.

“If you invite them then be ready to feed 100 BKU activists next day”, said Tikait at a Mahapanchayat in UP’s Sisauli.

Also See: Overview of the Farmers’ unions in the protests

He further said that it should be considered as both an advice & an order.

The BJP is not listening to the farmers so the farmers also should not have any relationship with saffron party, said the eldest son of the legendary farmer-leader- Mahendra Singh Tikait.

Also See: An overview of Farmers’ protests-role of Charan Singh

Lashing out at Home Minister Amit Shah for seeking votes in the name of Shri Ram in West Bengal, Tikait called himself & his family real descendants of Shri Ram.

“He is not talking to us but is asking for votes by taking the name of our ancestors,” he said.

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In Farmers’ protests, Sugarcane hub in Western region of Maharashtra remains largely silent

Western Maharashtra, mainly known for the sugarcane produce, has largely been silent against the farm-laws. The few protests were largely driven by political outfits such as the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and its leader Raju Shetti.

On the eve of Republic Day, a protest march on tractors was taken out from Sangli to Kolhapur.

Also See: An overview of Farmers’ protests-role of Charan Singh

One reason, the region has not seen much protests is because sugarcane is a cash crop, for which the three laws may not directly be applicable, given that farmers have to sell their produce to nearby sugar factory.

For those growing other crops such as soya bean and wheat, the Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC) Act, 2003, adopted in 2006, allows farmers to sell their produce either at APMC markets or to private traders. The law was enacted during the NCP-Congress rule when Shetkari Sanghatana, one of the first farmers’ outfits in western India, had demanded for freeing agriculture. If farmers from North India have been excessively relying on single crop, their western Maharashtra counterparts have been cultivating multiple crops on small plots. The multiple crops along with vegetables, according to agriculture experts, have ensured that money flows into the hands of farmers.

Also Read: The unprecedented protests by farmers: Background, Unions, Loopholes in the laws & role of Charan Singh

Sanjay Suryawanshi, a 53-year-old farmer from Loni Bhapkar village in Baramati tehsil, has been cultivating wheat and jowar in his 4.5-acre non-irrigated land. In 2020, Suryawanshi sold his 10 quintals of wheat grown on 0.5 part of the land at ₹1,500 per quintal to APMC in Baramati, Sharad Pawar’s home town.

“I could hardly recover the money I had put in producing the wheat as I had to pay the head-loader, middlemen and transporter,” said Suryawanshi. He said that if the Centre implements the three laws properly, there is no problem with some of the provisions of the laws, such as contract farming. On minimum support price (MSP), he said that farmers are not getting much anyway.

The critics of the farmers’ protest have often pointed out the benefits of contract farming, which is in existence in Maharashtra.

One such firm, Baramati Agro that was started by Appasaheb Pawar in 1988, underlined several benefits of contract farming. As per its website, the firm deals with various sectors such as animal and poultry feed, sugar and ethanol manufacturing, co-generation of power, trading of agri-commodities, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and retailing.

Appasaheb’s grandson Rohit said that he has not faced any problem from farmers even while running a firm involved in contract farming. He added,

“One reason why our firm never faced issues from farmers is because we have always safeguarded their interests. However, the same cannot be said about big companies whose owners farmers may not even know.”

On the current protests by farmers from Punjab and Haryana, Rohit said that the main concern of farmers is on MSP. He added,

“Under MSP system, farmers can sell their produce to private players if they are getting better rates. However, under contract farming, farmers do not have this freedom (to sell produce to entities they have not signed agreement with). The Centre is stressing that farmers have the freedom to come out of contracts. However, Clause 11 in the law says: “At any time after entering into a farming agreement, the parties to such agreement may, with mutual consent, alter or terminate such agreement for any reasonable cause”. This means unless both parties agree on the terms, they cannot come out of contract.”

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Twenty additional RPSF companies deployed by Railways in view of SKM’s ‘Rail Roko’ call

Rail Roko

The farmers’ movement at the border points of New Delhi is entering the 85th day today. Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab and Haryana, with many others from Rajasthan, UP, Uttarakhand, Bihar, MP, TN, Kerala, Maharashtra, and others are staging a sit-in protest along Delhi borders. The protest started on November 26, 2020. The farmers are demanding a complete rollback of the new farm- laws and a guarantee on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system being retained.

Also See: An overview of Farmers’ protests-role of Charan Singh

Multiple rounds of talks between the Centre and the farmers’ union-leaders have ended in a stalemate. Protesting farmers fear that the new laws will dismantle the MSP system and corporatize farming. The Supreme Court had earlier ordered a stay on the implementation of these contentious laws, hoping it will end the protest. The farm-union leaders have also rejected Centre’s proposal to suspend implementation of the laws for 18 months. On January 26, the protest turned violent when some farmers deviated from a pre-decided route for their Republic Day tractor rally and clashed with police. Some protesters scaled the ramparts of the Red Fort. Several protestors and police personnel were injured in the ensuing clashes. The farmers’ unions also held a ‘chakka jam’ on February 6 where they blocked national and state highways to protest the internet ban in areas near their agitation sites and harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities, among other issues.

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Climate Activist Disha Ravi arrested over two edits- Shocking abdication of judicial duties followed her arrest termed as extra-judicial abduction-outrage against arrest

Climate Activist Disha Ravi arrested

On Sunday, the arrest of a 22-year-old climate activist from Bengaluru, Disha Ravi, sparked widespread outrage, with politicians, academics, activists, authors, and poets among those condemning the police action over a guide to the anti-government farmers’ protests that was tweeted by environmentalist Greta Thunberg.

Disha works as a culinary experience manager in GoodMylk, which orients the food habit of people in line with demands of climate change mitigation. She has been involved with many projects with environmental angles like Aarey across places from Dehradun to Goa. Gayle Kimball, an author of an upcoming book on Gen Z girl activists had interviewed Disha in which the activist had reflected upon whether activism & protests are a part of Indian culture.

While arresting Disha and taking her to Delhi, the Special Cell has jumped many official norms which more than often come in the way of common men to get justice. From getting 5 days PC to transporting the activist to Delhi without transit remand, the Delhi police is playing to the tunes of it’s political masters, the GOI which stands cornered over the farmers’ movement.

Criticizing the Magistrate’s order remanding 21-year old climate activist Disha Ravi in the Greta Thunberg ‘toolkit’ case, acclaimed criminal law practitioner Senior Advocate Rebecca Mammen John said that it amounted to “shocking abdication of judicial duties”. She expressed deep disappointment at the conduct of the Duty Magistrate, Patiala House court of New Delhi, who, according to her, remanded the young woman to five days custody of Delhi police, without first ensuring that she was being represented by counsel.

As per various news reports, Disha Ravi made submissions on her own before the Magistrate. She denied being part of any conspiracy against the Indian State. According to news reports, Disha Ravi broke down before the Magistrate while saying, “I was just supporting farmers. I supported farmers because they are our future and we all need to eat.” She added that she did not create the toolkit, and just made two edits to it. Sharply questioning the Duty Magistrate’s response, R M John asked, “Were the case diaries and the arrest memo examined?”. John also asked if the Magistrate asked why Ravi was brought directly from Bengaluru without a transit remand from the Courts there.

“Did the magistrate ask the Special cell why she was being produced directly from Bangalore without a transit remand from Bangalore courts?”, the senior lawyer asked.

Disha Ravi was arrested by a special cell of the Delhi Police from her Bengaluru residence on Saturday night and was produced before the Duty Magistrate at Patiala House Courts, Delhi on Sunday afternoon. Rebecca John opined that Duty Magistrates should only remand the accused to single day custody till production before the Regular Magistrate. “If you are a duty magistrate, sitting on a Sunday, you should at best remand for a day, so that the regular court takes up the matter the next day. Duty magistrates should never send an accused to 5 days PC”, she said.

Outrage over the arrest

Jairam Ramesh, a former minister and lawmaker for the opposition Congress party, called her arrest and detention “completely atrocious” and “unwarranted harassment and intimidation“. His colleagues in the Congress like P Chidambaram, & Shashi Tharoor, and those from other opposition parties also spoke out against the move. Other leaders like Priyanka Chaturvedi, Sitaram Yechury, & Ananda Sharma also castigated GOI over the arrest.

A coalition of activist groups demanded Ms. Ravi’s release and said that it was “extremely worried for her safety and wellbeing“.

Several student activists held a protest in Bengaluru while the Coalition for Environmental Justice in India demanded the release of Disha Ravi. The students staged a peaceful demonstration and handed over saplings to the police, demanding the release of Ravi. In a statement, the Coalition for Environmental Justice in India termed Disha’s arrest “extra-judicial abduction” and said that Delhi Police had no regard for rule of law.

Also See: Overview of the Farmers’ unions in the protests

“The question is when will those people be arrested who continue to issue a literal ‘toolkit’ to break the national and social unity of India morning and evening, giving rise to hatred and division among the masses,” Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav posted in Hindi.

Also See: An overview of Farmers’ protests-role of Charan Singh

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body spearheading the farmers’ protests that Disha Ravi supported, demanded her immediate release. Condemning Ravi’s arrest, the group said that she “stood in support of the farmers“. “We demand her immediate unconditional release,” it said in the statement.

The tweets also triggered an outpouring of solidarity from prominent individuals on social media, both within and outside India.

(Inputs from LiveLaw & NDTV)

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Farmers’ protests: the farmers would not rest till the demands of repealing of the farm-laws are not met- BJP party has lost the moral ground to rule at the Centre and in Haryana

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait 

Upping the ante in the farmers’ protests against GOI, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait once again reiterated that the Centre’s farm laws “will finish the public distribution system.” Tikait added that the farmers would not rest till the demands of repealing of the farm-laws are not met.

In a parallel development, calling Haryana agriculture minister JP Dalal’s statement about farmers who died during the ongoing protest against three farm laws as ‘inhuman’, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM)  warned the ruling BJP government that people would teach ‘a suitable lesson for such arrogance‘.

Also See: Overview of the Farmers’ unions in the protests

Holding the Centre’s “stubborn attitude” responsible for the deadlock over the new farm-laws, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha’s coordination panel member Shiv Kumar Sharma said that despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assurance in Parliament on holding talks with farmers, no date has been conveyed by the government for the next round of talks.

Also See: An overview of Farmers’ protests-role of Charan Singh

Comment of Punjab CM

Expressing shock at statements of senior BJP leaders on the farmers who died at the Delhi borders protesting against the farm-laws, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said that the BJP party has lost the moral ground to rule at the Centre and in Haryana.