Mutual consensus between Centre, farmers unions on two issues; check out details
The Centre on Wednesday said there has been a mutual consensus on two of the four demands raised by the farmers union
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The two sides agreed to meet again on January 4 (Image- PTI)
The deadlock between the Centre and the farmers union is finally sorting out with the Centre on Wednesday saying there has been a mutual consensus on two of the four demands raised by the farmer unions. The two sides agreed to meet again on January 4.
The Centre has agreed to decriminalise stubble burning by excluding farmers from the ambit of Commission for the Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Ordinance 2020 .
Joginder Singh Ugrahan: ‘By proposing amendments, Centre proved laws have flaws’
We have rejected their proposals and amendments. Earlier, they were saying that farm laws are for farmers welfare but later they were ready to insert amendments. December 22, 2020 1:55:48 am
Joginder Singh Ugrahan
Joginder Singh Ugrahan, chief of the Bharati Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), speaks to RAAKHI JAGGA on farm laws, human rights and farm suicides.
What do you think of the amendments proposed by the Centre government in the three farm laws?
We have rejected their proposals and amendments. Earlier, they were saying that farm laws are for farmers’ welfare but later they were ready to insert amendments. By proposing amendments, they have proved that their laws have flaws. Any law, which has so many flaws, needs to be scrapped…
PM Modi or Amit Shah should talk to us, cannot take decisions without consultation: Farmers’ union
As the ‘Dilli Chalo’ protest is going to complete one month on December 25, more farmers will join the struggle at Delhi borders.
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Farmers during their protest against the new farm laws at Ghazipur Border in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
CHANDIGARH: Claiming that Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar cannot take any decision about the contentious agri laws, the largest farmers’ union of Punjab said either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Home Minister Amit Shah should talk with the agitating farmers.
Joginder Ugrahan â ex-Army man leading farm protest says âNaxalâ tag is only to divide farmers
Joginder Ugrahan, 75, has been stationed at Tikri border since 28 November. His unionâs protest demanding activistsâ release created a row, but he says his words will be his legacy.
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Tikri border, New Delhi: Joginder Singh Ugrahan wakes up at 4 every morning to a cup of tea. Within moments, he rushes to attend meetings planned for the day â with his team, other farmer groups, inquisitive reporters, and practically anyone who knocks on the door.
An empty
gaushala or cowshed, sharing its wall with a small temple, has been serving as his humble abode since 28 November, when he stationed himself at the national capitalâs Tikri border with his army of farmers called the Bhartiya Kisan Union Ekta (Ugrahan).
Left-Wing Extremists Hijack Farmer Protests, Planning On Instigating Farmers To Indulge In Violence: Report
Picture from BKU (Ugrahan) protest site (Times of India)
Ultra-Left leaders and pro-Left wing extremist elements have hijacked the ongoing farmers agitation, according to intelligence sources.
There are credible intelligence inputs to indicate that these elements are planning to instigate the farmers to indulge in violence, arson and damage public property in the coming days.
As per intel inputs, the farmer leaders are having affiliation with Left wing groups. The farmer leaders actively involved in the current agitation are listed as under:
Satnam Singh Pannu (65), President, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC). Pannu does not share good relations with the leaders of other farmers organisations. KMSC has sizeable influence in Punjab s Tarn Taran district. The leaders of other farmers bodies by and large stay away from the agitations called by him.