In rejecting SC proposal to negotiate with panel, protesting farmers are displaying obduracy The protesting farmer unions have accused the Union government of stubbornness and advised the Centre to shed its ego but they would do well to heed their own advice. Sreemoy Talukdar January 14, 2021 09:22:08 IST Representational image of farmers protest. AP
There is no other way of saying it. The protesting farmers, picketing on the outskirts of the National Capital, are showing no signs that they are serious about reaching a solution to the stalemate over the agricultural reforms. Instead, they are displaying a Trumpian obduracy in refusing to negotiate beyond ‘my way or the highway’. With due respect to the real farmers among the protestors who are braving the elements and standing their ground to achieve their objectives, they are neither the sole custodia
Farm Laws: Bhupinder Singh Mann Recuses Himself From SC Appointed Committee
The Bharatiya Kisan Union leader cited apprehensions amongst the farm unions and the public in general as the reason for excusing himself from the panel.
Bhupinder Singh Mann. Photo: Twitter
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s efforts to end the stalemate between the protesting farmers and the Central government ran into a stumbling block, as one of the members of the committee it had appointed to hold talks recused himself on Thursday, citing ‘apprehensions amongst the farm unions and the public in general’.
Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four members appointed by the Supreme Court to the committee, offered to step down “so as to not compromise the interests of Punjab and farmers of the country”.
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