Farmers’ tractor rally on R-Day: No headway at police-farmer unions meeting
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Sources mentioned cops tried to persuade the protesting farm unions to carry their tractor rally on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway as a substitute of the Outer Ring Road, however in useless
The second spherical of meeting between the police and farmer unions relating to the proposed January 26 tractor rally by them remained inconclusive on Thursday because the farmers caught to their demand of taking out the rally on Delhi’s busy Outer Ring Road.
Taking to reporters after the meeting, Swaraj Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav mentioned the police wished the farmer leaders to take out their tractor rally exterior the nationwide capital.
“We will do our parade peacefully inside Delhi. They wanted us to hold the tractor rally outside Delhi, which is not possible,” Mr. Yadav, who’s actively taking part within the ongoing agitation in opposition to the Centre’s new farm legal guidelines, mentioned.
Sources mentioned cops tried to persuade the protesting farm unions to carry their tractor rally on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway as a substitute of the Outer Ring Road, however in useless.
A farmer chief, who attended the meeting with the police, mentioned, “The government wants us to take out our rally outside Delhi, but we want to hold it inside Delhi. No decision was taken in today’s meeting.” Joint Commissioner of Police (Northern Range) S.S. Yadav coordinated the meeting held at Mantram Resort close to the Singhu border.
The meeting was additionally attended by Special Commissioner (Law and Order-Western Zone) Sanjay Singh, Special Commissioner of Police (Intelligence) Dependra Pathak and different senior officers from Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh police.
An identical meeting was held on January 20 between the union leaders and officers of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana police at Vigyan Bhawan to debate the route and preparations of the proposed rally on January 26.
However, the farmer unions had rejected a suggestion by the cops to carry the rally on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway as a substitute of Delhi’s busy Outer Ring Road, sources mentioned.
Thousands of farmers, largely from Punjab and Haryana, have been protesting at a number of Delhi border factors in opposition to the Centre’s new agriculture legal guidelines for practically two months. The unions representing the farmers have begun holding tractor rallies at villages in Punjab to mobilise individuals for the demonstration on Republic Day.
The farmers are vehemently opposing the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020.
Enacted in September final 12 months, the three legal guidelines have been projected by the Centre as main reforms within the agriculture sector that may take away middlemen and permit farmers to promote their produce anyplace within the nation.
However, the protesting farmers have expressed their apprehension that the brand new legal guidelines would pave the best way for eliminating the security cushion of MSP (minimal assist value) and eliminate the “mandi” (wholesale market) system, leaving them at the mercy of massive corporates.
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