Peasant leaders declared that they will hold protests throughout the country and demonstrate in Bjp offices across the country on December 14. They also threatened to block the Delhi-Jaipur and Delhi-Agra highways on December 12 and said that no taxes will be paid at any toll plaza in the country that day.
“We reject the government’s proposals because there is nothing new in them. We will block all roads to Delhi one by one if the three agricultural laws are not removed,” farmer leaders told a press conference in Singhu, on the Delhi border. and Haryana.
The government had sent a new proposal to farmers promising amendments to the three new farm laws after they met with Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday.
In the proposal, the government said it is ready to provide a written guarantee that the existing Minimum Support Price (MSP) system will be maintained. He also proposed amendments such as registering private traders to trade outside regulated mandis, equal taxation for APMC mandis, and private markets to provide a level playing field and allow higher courts of appeal in contract farming disputes.
The government and peasant leaders have held several rounds of talks to end the stalemate on the new farm laws. However, these talks have not produced any results.
Farmers want the Center to repeal all three laws and introduce new legislation on MSP (Minimum Support Price).
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