Farm laws: Seven US lawmakers, including Pramila Jayapal, write to Mike Pompeo over farmer protests
They said that although the agitation is of particular concern to Sikh-Americans linked to Punjab, it also heavily impacted other Indian-Americans. Pramila Jayapal, an Indian-American member of the US Congress, is one of the signatories. | Jason Redmond/AFP
Seven lawmakers in the United States, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take up the ongoing farmers’ protest in Delhi with his Indian counterpart, reported PTI on Friday.
In a letter dated December 23, the American lawmakers told Pompeo that although the agitation is of particular concern to Sikh-Americans linked to Punjab, it also heavily impacted other Indian-Americans from various Indian states.
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US Congressmen stand up for Indian farmers, ask Delhi regime to adhere to democratic values
December 15, 2020
As the Indian regime led by the hardliner Narendra Modi has already been immersed in a whirlpool of multiple problems, the sit-in demonstrations by thousands of farmers in New Delhi for the third consecutive week have further added to its woes.
Tens of thousands of farmers from the Indian Punjab and Haryana States have been staging sit-ins at Delhi’s Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur Border Points for over two weeks, demanding the Central government to repeal the newly enacted farm laws.
Last Saturday, farmers held a massive rally to block the Delhi-Jaipur Highway followed by an all-India hunger strike a day after.