Farmers open to talk with govt; meeting in Chandigarh tomorrow
A meeting between the farmer leaders and the central ministers will be held in Chandigarh on Thursday.
A meeting between the farmer leaders and the central ministers will be held in Chandigarh on Thursday.
A US Embassy spokesperson said, “We recognize that peaceful protests are a hallmark of any thriving democracy, and note that the Indian Supreme Court has stated the same. We encourage that any differences between the parties be resolved through dialogue.”
The police have strengthened security at the Ghazipur border protest site by setting up barbed wire fences, barricades and spikes on the road and have dug up trenches to stop the farmers from entering the national capital. The measures have been put in place after the tractor rally violence that took place on the Republic Day.
The government has said that the hashtag is a ‘motivated campaign to abuse, inflame and create tension in society on unsubstantiated grounds. Incitement to genocide is not freedom of speech; It is threat to law and order.’
The discussion will take place in the Rajya Sabha where the Question Hour has been suspended for two days after the Opposition party leaders staged a walkout over farm laws.
Chief justice SA Bobde said, “We make it clear that we recognise the fundamental right to protest against a law. There is no question of balancing or curtailing it. But it should not damage anyone's life or property,”
Haryana CM ML Khattar said, “I am saddened by Baba Ram Singh's death. He spent his entire life serving people and lived only for others.”
Farm leader Jagjeet Dallewal, on Tuesday, while talking to journalists at Singhu border, said, “The government is saying 'we won't repeal these laws'. We are saying we will make you do it. The fight has reached a stage where we are determined to win no matter what.”
The farmers’ first contingents came from Punjab and Haryana, travelling in their colourful tractors and trolleys, with equal determination to stay in Delhi, and if denied entry, around it, till their demands are met.
The seven hour long meeting between the centre and the farmers representatives failed to end the on going farmers protest. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar, led the negotiations, said that the government ‘has no ego’. The next meeting will be held on Saturday.
