On Holika, farmers burn farm law copies
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On Holika, farmers burn farm law copies
Description
Farmers burnt copies of the three contentious farm laws brought by the Central government at many places in Punjab on Sunday on the occasion of Holika Dahan, when bonfires are lit on Holi eve symbolising the victory of good over evil. SKM call On the call of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers’ unions spearheading the agitation against the farm laws, farmers set copies of the laws on fire and demanded that the three legislations be repealed. Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan said the protesting farmers set the copies of three farm legislations on fire at 42 places in 16 districts of the State. Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur border of Delhi with their main demand of complete repeal of the three farm laws and a legal guarantee for the minimum support price on their crops. So far, there have been 11 rounds of talks between the protesting unions and government, but the deadlock has continued as both sides have stuck to their stand.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2021-03-29
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Chandigarh