Protesting farmers to burn copies of farm laws on Lohri

The farmers agitation continued for the 49th day on Wednesday against the three new Central farm laws enacted last year The agitating farmers have decided to burn copies of the farm laws on the occasion of LohriHarinder Singh General Secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union Lakhowal told IANS that on the occasion of Lohri on Wednesday farmers in Punjab Haryana and other states of the country will burn copies of all three Union farm lawsAsked about the committee set up by the Supreme Court to resolve the farmers issue Harinder Singh said the farmers are demanding repeal of the three laws so they have refused to appear before the committeeHe said the Central government had also suggested a solution by forming a committee which was unanimously rejected by all the farmers organisationsThe farmers have been sitting at the borders of the national capital since November 26 2020 Singhu border is the main protest site where a special programme would be held to burn the copies of the farm lawsPunjab farmer leader and BKU General Secretary Pal Majra who was present at the Singhu border told IANS that a meeting of farmers organisations is being held from 12 pm in which the complete schedule for burning copies of the three farm laws would be decidedThe farmers unions leaders are demanding withdrawal of The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Promotion and Facilitation Act 2020 The Farmers Empowerment and Protection Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and The Essential Commodities Amendment Act 2020 They are also demanding a legal guarantee for procurement of crops at the the Minimum Support PriceAfter hearing various petitions filed before the Supreme Court related to the new farm laws and the farmers agitation the apex court on Tuesday decided to put the implementation of these laws on hold and set up a four member committee comprising of agricultural experts to find solutions to the problems of the farmersHowever after the Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday the Samyukta Kisan Morcha said in a statement on behalf of the farmer organisations that all the four members of the committee constituted by the apex court are in favour of the farm laws In a statement issued by the Morcha farmer leader Darshan Pal said that we are satisfied that the Supreme Court has recognized the right of the farmers to protest democratically and peacefullyThe statement said the Samyukta Kisan Morcha welcomes the Supreme Courts order staying the implementation of all three antifarmer laws as the judgement validates their stand that all three laws are unconstitutionalDarshan Pal said But this adjournment order is temporary which can be reversed any time Our protest is to repeal these three laws and not their postponement So only on the basis of this stay order by the SC we farmer unions cant change the various programmes announced by usHe added We respect the Supreme Court but we have not urged it for mediation in this matter and we have nothing to do with any committee Whether this committee is meant to give technical opinion to the court or to mediate talks between the farmers and the Central government the farmers have nothing to do with this committeeAll the members of the four member committee that the apex court has declared have been advocates of the three Central farm laws and for the past several months have been unsuccessfully trying to create an atmosphere in favour of these laws Darshan Pal addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever