Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to meet farmers in day or two, says Amit Shah
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar to meet farmers in day or two, says Amit Shah
While the Union Home Minister said Narendra Singh Tomar is likely to meet farmers unions in a day or two, farmer leaders have decided to launch a day-long relay hunger strike against the Centre s new farm laws across all protest sites on Monday.
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UPDATED: December 20, 2020 20:16 IST
Farmers protesting against the Centre s farm laws at Singhu border on Sunday (Photo Credits: PTI)
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar is likely to meet farmers unions spearheading the ongoing agitation in a day or two, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. Shah was addressing a press conference in Birbhum towards the end of his two-day visit to West Bengal when he was asked about the farmers protest.
Farmers will observe a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday at all sites of protest against the Centre s new agri laws and halt toll collection on highways in Haryana from December 25 to 27. Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting against the laws for the last over four weeks at various border points of Delhi and demanding that the legislations be repealed. Farmers will begin a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday at all sites of protest against the new agri laws. It will be started by a team of 11 members at protests sites here, Swaraj India Chief Yogendra Yadav said at a press conference at the Singhu border.
Intensifying their agitation against the Centre s new agri laws, farmers on Sunday announced that they will observe a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday at all sites of protest here and halt toll collection on highways in Haryana from December 25 to 27. Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, are protesting against the laws for the last over four weeks at various border points of Delhi and demanding that the legislations be repealed. Farmers will begin a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday at all sites of protest against the new agri laws. It will be started by a team of 11 members at protests sites here, including the Singhu border, Swaraj India Chief Yogendra Yadav said and added that we appeal to everyone at all protest sites across the nation to participate in the same .
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24-hour relay hunger strike, halting toll collection on Haryana highways: How farmers plan to intensify stir
Thousands of farmers continue to protest Centre s new agri reforms at various Delhi border points for over four weeks now. A number of farmer leaders on Sunday said that they would intensify the stir in the days to come. Camping at the Delhi borders, farmers have been demanding a complete repeal of the farm laws, which have been projected by the government as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove the middlemen and allow farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country. The protesting farmers, however, expressed apprehensions that the new laws would pave the way for eliminating the safety cushion of Minimum Support Price (MSP) and do away with mandis that ensure income, leaving them at the mercy of big corporates.
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Govt reaches out to protesting farmers again, asks them to choose date for next talks
The government on Sunday once again reached out to farmers protesting Centre s new agri reforms. In a letter addressed to farmer unions, the Agriculture Ministry has asked them to apprise the government of their apprehensions over the farm laws and specify a date for the next round of talks in a bid to break the impasse.Â
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at various border points of Delhi for over four weeks now. The farmer unions on Sunday announced a day-long relay hunger strike on Monday at all protest sites to press for the repeal of the contentious laws. The protesters, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have been continuing their sit-in in several border areas of the national capital for the fourth week amid cold wave conditions, despite repeated attempts by the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convince them about the benefits of the reforms.