Farmers Movement Archive

Government calls farmers for talks, protest outside assembly cancelled

BATHINDA: After the Punjab government called farmer organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) leaders for talks on Monday morning, the farm body cancelled the planned protest outside the state assembly at Chandigarh on Monday. The farmers were to protest before the start of the state assembly session but would be meeting government functionaries instead at that time. “As the government has called us for talks, the protest on Monday has been cancelled for the time being. If the talks remain inconclusive, next course of action will be decided after the talks,” said BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) organisation secretary Shingara Singh Mann. The organisation had urged the Captain Amarinder Singh government to pass resolution against the 2017 decision of making amendment in the APMC Act, allowing private mandis in the state; and assure to fulfil the various promises made by the Congress before the 2017 assembly elections in the session, apart from passing resolutions against three agri laws. The farm organisation had also announced to intensify the protests against the Congress government of Punjab along with protests against the Union government if resolution against the 2017 amendment in APMC Act is not passed. The 30 farm organisations too will decide further course of action about the ongoing protests in the state at railway track smd, toll plazas after a meeting on October 20.

The Times of India

2020-10-19

Amritsar