made clear that they wonât engage with it has upset the farmers at Singhu.
âEven the committee is theirs,â complained Jathedar Kuldeep Singh, 64, meaning the Modi government. âThe judge is also theirs. Did you not see? They havenât come to a decision about our problems, right? They havenât been able to give a decision on the anti-Sikh carnage of 1984 yet. So many of our young men were killed and they have still not given a verdict. So what are they going to do now? Everything is the governmentâs now.â
He demanded to know why the Supreme Court had not questioned the government for âneglectingâ the protesters, who are forced to camp out in the open in the harsh Delhi winter. âWhat facilities has the government provided to the farmers? They havenât taken care of our food or stay. They havenât even given us a bottle of water. Why hasnât the court questioned them about all this? Shouldnât they be asking the gover
In the run-up to Republic Day, there is a full slate of protests being planned. The festival of Lohri, on January 13, will be marked as Kisan Sankalp Diwas by burning the copies of the three laws that farmers want repealed. January 18 will be celebrated as Mahila Kisan Diwas to underline the role of women farmers. On Subhash Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary on January 23, farmers will protest at the Raj Bhawans in all State capitals.
“We have been peacefully protesting for so long. But this government has an ego problem. We have always told the government that it has only two options to either repeal the three laws or use force on us to evict us,” said Balbir Singh Rajewal, a Punjab farmer leader who heads his own faction of the Bharatiya Kisan Union. “We intend to stay peaceful, we will not engage in any confrontation. But if the government chooses to use the police, that is their choice,” he added.
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‘Farmers will march in Delhi if talks with Centre fail’
January 02, 2021
Farmer leaders address a press conference in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan 2, 2021. - PTI×
Seventh meeting to take place on Monday
The farmers’ organisations said on Saturday that they will march into Delhi on January 26 if the Centre continues to ignore their demand to repeal the three farm laws.
In a joint press conference, leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee said they will hold a Republic Day parade of farmers after the official parade using tractors, trolleys and other vehicles.
The press conference was addressed by Balbir Singh Rajewal, Darshanpal, Gurnam Singh Chadhuni, Ashok Dhawale, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Abhimanyu Kohad and Yogendra Yadav. The seventh meeting between the protesting farmers and the Centre will take place on Monday.
Farmer unions threaten to march into Delhi on January 26, hold tractor parade ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 22:40 IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Protesting farmer unions on Saturday said that farmers will enter Delhi on the Republic Day with their tractors, trolleys and other vehicles if their demand for the repeal of new farm laws is not accepted.
At a joint press conference, members of the coordination committee of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha said the major demands of the protesting farmers remain unresolved.
Krantikari Kisan Union President Darshan Pal said they had drawn up a plan of action to intensify the protest.