Farmers’ protest | Another farmer from Haryana commits suicide near Tikri border

A 49-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Hisar district on March 7 allegedly hanged himself from a tree, about seven kilometres from the Tikri border protest web site, police mentioned.

The farmer, who supported the agitation towards Centre’s new farm legal guidelines, has purportedly left a suicide observe, they mentioned.

“The victim, Rajbir, hailed from a village in Hisar district. He was found hanging from a tree,” Bahadurgarh City police station SHO, Vijay Kumar mentioned over the cellphone.

His physique was discovered hanging by some farmers who knowledgeable the police.

In the suicide observe purportedly left behind by Rajbir, it’s talked about that the three farm legal guidelines had been liable for him to take the intense step. He additionally mentioned that the Centre ought to fulfil his final want by repealing the legislations, police mentioned.

Last month, a farmer from Jind in Haryana who was additionally supporting the agitation towards the Centre’s farm legal guidelines had allegedly hanged himself from a tree, merely two kilometres from the Tikri border protest web site.

Earlier, one other farmer from Haryana had allegedly consumed a toxic substance on the Tikri border. He had died throughout remedy at a Delhi hospital later.

In December final, a lawyer from Punjab had allegedly killed himself by consuming poison a number of kilometres away from the protest web site on the Tikri border.

Earlier, Sikh preacher Sant Ram Singh had additionally allegedly ended his life near the Singhu border protest web site, claiming that he was “unable to bear the pain of the farmers”.

Thousands of farmers have been protesting since November final yr at Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

The protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that these legal guidelines would pave the best way for the dismantling of the minimal assist worth (MSP) system, leaving them on the “mercy” of huge companies.

However, the Centre has maintained that the brand new legal guidelines will convey higher alternatives to farmers and introduce new applied sciences in agriculture.

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