To Resolve Impasse on Farm Laws, SC Has Formed a Panel of 4 of its Ardent Supporters
All four members of the SCâs committee are in favour of the farm laws against which the farmers have led their struggle.
Bhupinder Singh Mann, Pramod Kumar Joshi, Ashok Gulati and Anil Ghanwat. Photos: Twitter
Politics12/Jan/2021
New Delhi: While hearing several pleas seeking the removal of protesting farmers from Delhi borders, a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde suspended the implementation of the three farm laws until further orders on Tuesday. However, at the same time, it put the Centre in an evidently advantageous position against lakhs of protesting farmers by setting up a committee comprising only those experts who have been openly favouring the contentious legislations.
All 4 members of Supreme Court-appointed panel have supported farm laws
All 4 members of Supreme Court-appointed panel have supported farm laws
The Supreme Court-appointed four-member committee to resolve the dispute between agitating farmer unions and the Centre over three new farm laws is dominated by pro-farm reform voices.
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UPDATED: January 12, 2021 21:59 IST
Scores of farmers have been protesting at the Delhi borders for over a month now against the new farm laws. (Photo: PTI)
The Supreme Court-appointed four-member committee to resolve the dispute between agitating farmer unions and the Centre over three new farm laws is dominated by pro-farm reform voices.
File: Farmers take out a tractor rally in protest against the new farm laws in Ghaziabad. (AP Photo)
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a four-member committee to resolve the deadlock between the Centre and farmer unions over the three new agriculture laws. However, the farmers have refused to negotiate with the committee, which comprises two experts and two farmer leaders. The farmer leaders have said that all members of the panel have expressed support for the contentious laws.
Here s a look at the four members of the SC-appointed committee:
Bhupinder Singh Mann, President of Bhartiya Kisan Union; Anil Ghanwat, President of Shetkari Sangthana, Maharashtra; Pramod Kumar Joshi, director for South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, and agriculture economist Ashok Gulati have been named in the panel.
All 4 members of SC-appointed panel have supported farm laws: Who are they?
India
Updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 11:20 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 12: In a bid to resolve the deadlock over farmers agitation against three farm laws the Supreme Court on set up a committee comprising experts to hear the parties and understand the ground situation.
The four members of the committee are Bhupinder Singh Mann, President of Bhartiya Kisan Union; Anil Ghanwat, President of Shetkeri Sangthana, Maharashtra; Pramod Kumar Joshi, director for South Asia, International Food Policy Research Institute, and agriculture economist Ashok Gulati.
The four-members have been known as pro-reforms in the agriculture space and have openly supported the farm laws.