Farmers Movement Archive

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to meet farm union representatives today

NEW DELHI: In a major outreach, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has planned a lunch with farm union representatives at Delhi assembly on Sunday afternoon. The three farm laws passed by the Centre last year and other issues concerning the farmers were likely to come up at the meeting, a government official who didn’t want to be named said. Aam Aadmi Party has demanded an immediate repeal of the three laws and Kejriwal had even torn its copies in the assembly in December. The CM said he was doing so as he couldn’t betray the farmers and soldiers of the country.The assembly also adopted a resolution against the three laws. Kejriwal has maintained that the laws bring no advantage to the farmers and will, instead, make it difficult for them to sell their products at reasonable rates. Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and other states have been agitating near the Delhi borders since November-end demanding that the farm laws be repealed. Kejriwal has met the protesters many times during the past three months to lend his support, has arranged water supply to them and criticised Delhi Police for allegedly creating hurdles in reaching help to the farmers. The protesters have demanded the withdrawal 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 laws were passed by Parliament in September 2020.

The Times of India

2021-02-21

Delhi