Irfan Jafri from Madhya Pradesh at a protest against the farm laws. | Photo courtesy: Irfan Jafri
Irfan Jafri is itching to get back to Delhi.
On November 26, when hundreds of farmers marched towards national capital in protest against three new agriculture laws, 50-year-old Jafri was among them. When the Delhi police shut down the city’s borders, he spent 17 days camping at the Singhu border between Haryana and Delhi with 200 other farmers from his village in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district.
“During that time, locals opened up their homes to us, Sikh groups gave us free langar food, and we had a chance to meet farmers from all over India,” said Jafri, a wheat, rice and soyabean farmer who heads a local agricultural organisation – Kisan Jagruti Sangathan – in his district.
1. Yesterday, Kisan Mazdoor Sangarh Samiti, Bhai Dayal Singh who was also block president of the zone Shaheed Blaka Singh has passed away today. Dayal Singh had returned home yesterday from Singhu Border due to a cold that had caused him pneumonia.
2. Today, 3 Farmers passed away. Baba Kashmir Singh s/o Diwan Singh from Village Kuariawali of Fazilka area has passed away today. He was situated at the Tikri border.
3. Another Farmer in Madya Pradesh committed suicide yesterday because the electricity dept has been harassing him. Due to debt and stress, he ended his life.
4. Jashanpreet Singh (18yr Old) s/o Gurmail Singh has passed away at Tikri Border. He was from Bathinda and had arrived today. The cause of death is unknown yet
Updated Dec 31, 2020 · 08:35 am Image for represenatation. | Narinder Nanu / AFP
The Madhya Pradesh Police filed a first information report against a trader firm in Hardas district for allegedly duping 150 farmers of over 2,500 quintals of lentil and gram produce worth nearly Rs 5 crore, citing the three farm laws,
The Week reported on Wednesday.
Harda is the constituency of state Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel.
These farmers had sold around 1,131 quintal of chickpea and 1,291 quintal of green gram to Khoja Traders, a firm owned by brothers Pavan and Suresh Khoja. The firm cited the new agricultural legislations for the proposed purchase outside the government-run mandi system, and promised they would pay well above the minimum support price.