Farmer protests: Today’s meeting with farmers’ organizations will be the fourth since the protests began.
New Delhi:
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will meet Interior Minister Amit Shah at his residence today ahead of talks between the Center and agricultural leaders about their agitation against the new agricultural laws.
Sources said Amarinder Singh will hold discussions with Amit Shah in Delhi in an effort to find an amicable solution to the deadlock. Punjab’s prime minister has been supporting the farmers’ uproar and the state Assembly also passed a set of laws aimed at denying the Center’s agricultural legislation.
Amarinder Singh had said that he and his government were willing to mediate talks between the Center and the farmers in the collective interest of all.
The protesting farmers, many of whom are from Punjab, have been holding sit-ins for seven days on the borders of the national capital. They demand that the government withdraw the new farm laws if they want them to end their uproar. Peasant leaders and the central government are ready to hold another round of discussions today after a meeting on Tuesday was inconclusive.
Here are the live updates on the farmers’ protests:
Farmers are camped out at four busy border points in the national capital: Singhu, Noida, Ghazipur and Tikri, to press their demands, under heavy police deployment. Farmers protesting at the Delhi-Haryana border in Singhu, who have a fever, will receive free tests for Covid, said Sonipat District Magistrate in Haryana.
Union Interior Minister Amit Shah will meet Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today amid escalating farmer protests around Delhi, led by farmers from Punjab and Haryana. The meeting will take place at 9.30 a.m., the sources said, before the crucial meeting with farmers’ representatives. Read here
Volunteers from a gurudwara in Ghaziabad distribute tea to protesting farmers on the Delhi-Ghazipur border.
Traffic is very heavy. Avoid the outer ring road from the signature bridge to Rohini and vice versa, the GTK road, the NH 44 and Singhu, Auchandi and Lampur borders.
– Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) December 3, 2020
Delhi traffic police reported that the squeaky border on the Noida link road is closed to traffic due to protests by farmers near Gautam Budh Dwar.
Traffic alert
The Chilla border on the Noida Link Highway is closed to traffic due to protests by farmers near Gautam Budh Dwar. People are advised to avoid the Noida link road to go to Noida and to use NH 24 and DND instead for Noida.
– Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) December 3, 2020
Farmers protesting the new farm laws say today’s talks, the fourth since the protests began in September, are the center’s “last chance” to call an emergency session of parliament and recall controversial legislation. Speaking after two internal meetings to define their strategy, they also warned the center not to sow discord in its ranks by reframing the protests as driven solely by Punjab farmers. Read here
Farmers at Nirankari Samagam Ground in Burari, the government-designated place for the protest.
Delhi: Farmers stay at Nirankari Samagam Ground in Burari, the government-designated place for the protest.
The farmers’ delegation will meet today with the Union Minister of Agriculture, Narendra Singh Tomar. pic.twitter.com/xkzNdozcRC
– ANI (@ANI) December 3, 2020
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