Peasant movement
Shambhu Border: The police have taken into custody by the police, the farmer leaders who were protesting in support of their demands on Khanouri and Shambhu border. Police took several farmer leaders, including Saravan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dallawal, into custody in Mohali on Wednesday when they were going to Shambhu and Khanouri dharna sites after a meeting with a central delegation here. At the same time, tents of farmers on Khanouri and Shambhu border are being removed. Farmer leader Gurmaneet Singh Mangat also expressed concern that the Punjab Police could remove protesters from two agitations on the Punjab-Haryana border.
Heavy police forces are deployed at Khanauri and Shambhu border. According to the latest information, the picket site has been evacuated. Internet service has been discontinued in Patiala. The United Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have been agitating since February last year. They say that their movement will continue till the government does not accept their demands.
Farmers demands
- Purchase guarantee on minimum support price (MSP) of all 23 crops
- All the loans on the farmers should be forgiven.
- According to the Swaminathan Commission, the price of all crops should be given 50 percent more than the cost.
- Demand to restore the Land Acquisition Act, 2013
- Pension system of Rs 10 thousand per month should be implemented for farmers
- Demand for cancellation of Electricity Amendment Bill 2022
- Farmers injured in Lakhimpur Kheri violence get appropriate compensation
- Lakhimpuri Kheri violence accused get severe punishment
- Due to the agitation on agricultural laws, the cases registered against the farmers should be withdrawn.
- The families of those killed during the peasant movement get appropriate compensation
- One of the families of those killed during the peasant movement should be given a job
Conversation
Earlier, the seventh round of talks between the farmers and the government in Chandigarh were inconclusive. However, Union ministers involved in Bachitit described the interest of farmers as paramount. After a conversation for more than three hours, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said that the talks will continue and the next meeting will be held on May 4. Shivraj said, “There was a positive and creative discussion in a cordial atmosphere. The conversation will continue. The next meeting will take place on May 4.” However, he did not answer any media questions. The discussion was mainly focused on the demand for a legal guarantee of the MSP for crops.
Shivraj, Piyush Goyal, Prahlad Joshi talk
Farmer leaders insisted that there will be no problem in implementing the law guaranteeing the MSP (for crops). He also mentioned the media reports that said that the US government is pressurizing the Government of India to remove import duty on agricultural products. Apart from Shivraj, Consumer Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal also attended the talks held at Mahatma Gandhi Public Administration Institute in Sector-26 in Chandigarh. Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudis and Food and Civil Supplies Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak also participated in the conversation. It was a seventh round of talks between the two sides since February last year.
Government committed to welfare of farmers
While addressing the farmers, Shivraj reiterated that the government is committed to their welfare. He reminded how the government has regularly intervened to solve the problems faced by farmers across the country. An official release said that the legal, economic and other aspects of various demands of the farmers were considered in the meeting. It states that on the basis of discussion, the government has decided to consult with other stakeholders including states and central-wide territories, traders, exporters and food processing industry, besides farmers organizations across the country.
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