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Authorities should facilitate tractor rally, not stop it, says union leader as farmers gear up for R Day protest marchPTI
Last Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 06:59 PM IST
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While the final plan for the rally is yet to be formulated, volunteers from among the protestors have been roped in to ensure discipline during the march. We have been protesting peacefully till now, and our rally will also be non-violent. It is our constitutional right to be able to enter Delhi, said Kurlal Singh from Punjab s Tarn Taran district.
SC-appointed panel will set aside personal views, says Anil Ghanwat; farmer unions prep for R-Day tractor rally After the first meeting of the apex-court appointed panel, Ghanwat, said the first round of talks with the protesting farmers and other stakeholders is scheduled for Thursday 21 January FP Staff January 19, 2021 23:32:38 IST File image of farmers taking out a tractor rally in a protest against new farm laws at Ghaziabad, outskirts of New Delhi. AP
Members of a committee appointed by the Supreme Court to resolve the deadlock between protesting farmers union and the Centre on Tuesday said they will keep their personal views aside, but stated that repealing the Central Government s three contentious laws won t augur well for much-needed agriculture reforms.
Preparations are in full gear among farmers to hold their tractor rally on Republic Day, the protesting unions said amid looming uncertainties, adding that authorities should facilitate the “peaceful march”, instead of stopping it.
After the Delhi Police sought an injunction on the tractor rally, the Supreme Court on Monday said the decision on it has to be taken by the Centre and the police, and the official permission is yet to be worked out.
Protesting unions, which plan to hold the rally on the Outer Ring Road in Delhi on January 26, have begun holding tractor rallies at villages in Punjab to mobilise people for the parade and said more farmers will be heading to the national capital in batches later this week.
Even as uncertainty looms over their planned tractor rally on the Republic Day, farmer unions agitating against the new agri laws on Tuesday said their preparations are in full gear and authorities should facilitate the "peaceful march", instead of stopping it.
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The Agriculture Ministry had sent a letter to 40 farm union leaders on Sunday inviting them for a discussion on amending the new farm laws
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Farmer leaders on Monday said they are always ready for dialogue as long as the government is willing to offer a concrete solution and added that there is nothing new in the Centre s latest letter addressed to them seeking a date to schedule the next round of talks.