Farm stir: SC-appointed panel on farm laws to hold first meeting today
Farm stir: SC-appointed panel on farm laws to hold first meeting today
The Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws is scheduled to hold its first meeting with members today at Pusa campus in New Delhi.
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Protesting farmers burn copies of farm laws as part of their agitation. (Photo: PTI)
The Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three new farm laws is scheduled to hold its first meeting with members today at Pusa campus in New Delhi.
Anil Ghanwat, a member of the SC-appointed committee said, We are going to meet tomorrow. Only members will meet to discuss the terms of reference and decide the future course of action.
Farm laws: Bhupinder Singh Mann receives threats from Canada after quitting SC panel
The Bhartiya Kisan Union also tweeted an unsigned text statement purportedly issued by Bhupinder Singh Mann.
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Updated: Jan 14, 2021, 06:59 PM IST
Bhupinder Singh Mann, one of the four experts who was nominated by the Supreme Court for negotiations with farmers, is allegedly receiving threats from Canada after recusing himself from the SC-appointed panel. Mann, who is the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), said on Thursday that he is recusing himself from the panel.
In a tweet, the Bhartiya Kisan Union said, Bhupinder Singh Mann Ex-MP and national president of BKU and chairman of All India Kisan Coordination Committee has recused himself from the four-member committee constituted by the Hon ble Supreme Court.
Will always stand with farmers : Bhupinder Mann recuses himself from SC-appointed panel Will always stand with farmers : Bhupinder Mann recuses himself from SC-appointed panel
Bhartiya Kisan Union president Bhupinder Singh Mann has recused himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel, saying he will always stand with the farmers.
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UPDATED: January 14, 2021 19:53 IST
Bhupinder Mann said he is thankful to the apex court for nominating him on the panel but would give up any position to prevent farmers’ interests from being compromised. (Photo: Rahul Gupta/India Today Digital)
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has claimed that former MP Bhupinder Singh Mann, who was one of the four members in the Supreme Court-appointed panel of farm laws, has recused himself from the role.
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Bhupinder Mann s decision to recuse himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel was hailed by the farmers but it also came as a blow to government efforts in ending the deadlock. Meanwhile, poultry markets in Delhi reopened, in signs that authorities may finally be getting a grip on bird blue.
Protesting farmers welcome BKU chief Mann s decision of exiting SC-appointed panel
Protesting farmers welcome BKU chief Mann s decision of exiting SC-appointed panel
Welcoming BKU chief Bhupinder Singh Mann s decision, farmers said the other three members of the committee should follow suit as the agitating unions had never demanded formation of any committee to resolve the impasse between farmers and the Centre over the new agri laws.
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UPDATED: January 14, 2021 18:54 IST
Farmers watch a wresting match during their protest against the farm laws at Tikri border. (Photo: PTI)
Protesting farmer leaders welcomed Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Bhupinder Singh Mann s decision of recusing himself from the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, and reiterated that they do not want any panel and will not settle for anything less than the repeal of the three contentious laws.