NEW DELHI: The ongoing protest by farmers against the Center’s controversial farm laws entered the 20th on Tuesday (December 14, 2020). As farmers’ union leaders continue to demand that the Center repeal the controversial farm laws, the government has maintained that the three new laws are in the best interest of farmers.
While he gives enough indication that the government may not return to farm laws, he has repeatedly said that the doors are always open for negotiations to address all farmer issues. To pressure the government, the leaders of 32 unions in Kisan went on a hunger strike Monday from 8 am to 5 pm at the Singhu border, the ground zero of the snowball protests.
While many supporters blocked roads in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan leading to Delhi, protesters in Tikri, Ghazipur and Singhu said they will not surrender until their demand is met. Peasant leaders warned that protests at the district level It will take place in several states, including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Bihar.
Expressing solidarity with the farmers’ movement, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also joined the fast with the leaders of the AAP, the MLA and volunteers at the party office, describing the new farm laws as “anti-farmer and anti-farmer.” common man. ”
After their one-day fast, the farmers held a meeting at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders of the national capital in the evening and decided that all the farmers unions will hold another important meeting on Tuesday at the Singhu border to define the future strategy of the movement.
Meanwhile, the Union Minister of the Interior, Amit Shah, and the Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar, met to discuss the issue of the farmers’ movement. A delegation of MPs and MLA from Haryana BJP also met with the Union Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar, and supported the three new agricultural laws. The Union Minister of State for Water Resources, Ratanlal Kataria, the deputies of Lok Sabha Dharamveer Singh and Nayab Singh Saini and Rajya Sabha MP DP Vats and some MLA were present at the meeting.
Now, with the deadlock still prevailing after several rounds of talks, the question is what will farmers do if the government refuses to repeal the three farm laws and in what direction will the farmers’ movement go from here?
The agitation is likely to have three options: – the first is that farmers must accept the amendments made by the Center in the new agricultural laws; the second is that the government must repeal the new laws, and the third is that the movement must continue for an indefinite period to put pressure on the government.
The problem is that the government has already indicated that these agricultural laws will not be withdrawn. Farmers are also firm in their position. As long as the stalemate persists, there is simply an option to find a middle way, in which both parties must take steps to reach an agreement to end this stalemate.
The need of the moment is to look at some farmer leaders who are willing to find a solution to the problem in order to end the stagnation as soon as possible. For its part, the government should also reach out to them and make their points in a better light and delegate some experts to persuade agitating farmers to enter into talks.
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