Farmers have announced to march to Delhi on 13 February.
Meanwhile, an important second round of meeting was held between 3 Union Ministers and farmer leaders in Chandigarh on Monday. The meeting between Union Ministers and farmer leaders is now over.
Farmers have given an ultimatum to the Central Government till 10 am on Tuesday on the demand of MSP and loan waiver. After the meeting, farmers organization leaders Sarwan Singh Pandher and Jagjit Singh Dalewal spoke to the media.
He said that the central government has not moved forward since February 8. Now we will move forward towards Delhi after talking with our colleagues. He said that he would proceed from 10 am tomorrow. The government has time till 10 o’clock, the government should think.
Twitter and social media handles of many farmer organizations and farmer leaders were closed. Farmer leaders also raised the issue of closing Twitter accounts. He said that the government is also snatching away the democratic freedom to express one’s views.
Farmers are being stopped by police across the country. Let us inform that the meeting was held in the premises of Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration located in Sector-26, Chandigarh.
Union Ministers Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai attended the meeting from the Centre’s side.
Sources revealed that in the meeting, agreement has been reached on 5 or 6 demands between the farmer organizations and the Central Government, but the issue of guarantee of MSP and loan waiver is stuck.
At present, in the meeting, no agreement has been reached between the farmers and the Central Government Minister on their long pending demands like guarantee of MSP and loan waiver.
This is the reason why the meeting between farmers and representatives of the central government dragged on for a long time. On behalf of the Punjab Government, NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal was also present in the meeting, but till 10:30 pm no result of the meeting could be reached.
Farmer leader Ranjit Singh Raju had definitely come in front of the media during the meeting itself. He had said that talks are still going on.
Agreed on giving compensation to farmers’ families
According to the report, the government has also agreed to give compensation to the families of the farmers killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri. Apart from this, it has also been agreed to withdraw the Electricity Act 2020.
United Kisan Morcha leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher and others participated in this meeting. It is known that SKM (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have announced that they will march to Delhi with other demands including making a law to guarantee the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops.
A detailed discussion was held in the first meeting between Union ministers and leaders of farmer organizations on February 8.
Social media handles of farmer leaders suspended
Social media handles of farmer leaders have started being suspended. The accounts of farmer leaders Surjit Phool and Ramandeep Mann have been suspended. Apart from this, the Haryana government has announced that the loss incurred during the protest will be compensated by the miscreants only.
State Home Secretary TVSN Prasad said that in case of damage, whether public or private, action should be taken under the Haryana Recovery of Damage to Property during Disturbance to Public Order Act 2021.
Security tightened on Delhi’s borders in view of the march
In view of the farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, security has been tightened and traffic restrictions have been imposed at Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri borders. Delhi’s borders were fortified with concrete barriers and iron spikes placed on the road to prevent vehicles from entering the city.
These measures affected the traffic movement in the border areas of Delhi on Monday morning, causing inconvenience to the passengers.
Police are also using drones to keep strict vigil at the border points. Delhi Police imposed Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) in the national capital and this order will remain in force for a month.