Vibha sharma
Tribune news service
New Delhi, November 27
Facing widespread criticism about its handling of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ farmers unrest, the BJP-led Center blinked, allowing farmers to enter the National Capital.
Although the farmer Jathebandis said that entering Delhi is not the only objective, as they also wanted a concrete decision on three central “anti-farmer” laws.
AIKSCC and Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, who previously wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to begin a “candid dialogue” on the issue, said that “the government of India had to surrender to the will and resolve of Indian farmers, to march towards the National Capital, to express their demands and manifest their resistance to the three central black agricultural laws ”.
“The Union Ministry of the Interior completed the Nirankari land in Burari for the farmers’ protest and allowed the farmers free passage to Delhi. This is according to the assertion of farmers that they have the right to come to the nation’s capital to air their complaints, ”they said after the decision.
Some farmers, including those who entered through the Tikri border after a clash with police, infiltrated Nirankari Ground in north Delhi, where the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has made “arrangements to facilitate farmers raising their voice against the tyranny of the BJP with ‘bulandi’ ”, those on the Singhu border seem to have decided to stay the night.
Criticizing the BJP for its “cruelty to farmers”, AAP leader Raghav Chadda said that “we will treat farmers as our guests … we will let the BJP do what they want, they will pay the price,” and He added that the AAP will provide farmers with everything they need. like water, baths, etc.
It is not just the Opposition, the use of force against protesting farmers in Punjab and Haryana has also drawn criticism from Sangh affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, who called on the government to identify those who “provoked and deceived” them and ensure that the unrest is resolved peacefully and MSP guaranteed also in open market.
As ‘Jathebandis’ on the Singhu border decide the next course of action (whether to stay on the national highway or move towards Burari tomorrow), several leaders said their goal is not just to enter Delhi but concrete action on the three “laws. anti-farmers “What the Center led by Narendra Modi calls” revolutionary decisions in favor of farmers. ”
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar urged farmers to participate in the talks.
“Farmers across the country are satisfied while farmers in Punjab are being misled by politics,” insisted Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, even as they sought a “candid dialogue,” farmers organizations urged the prime minister. to “call on farmers’ all India / regional platforms for candid discussions with senior cabinet ministers on the demands to repeal the three Farm Laws and the 2020 Electricity Bill.”
