Farmers Movement Archive

Vij calls farm groups to meeting tomorrow

Chandigarh: Haryana home minister Anil Vij on Friday invited SKM leaders for a meeting with the state government’s high powered committee (HPC) at Deen Bandhu Sir Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology at Murthal in Sonipat at 11am on Sunday . The state’s home department has asked the heads of 43 farmer organisations from Punjab and Haryana under SKM to join the meeting. Issue related to opening of inter-state borders and national highways of Haryana, which have been blocked for the past nine months, are expected to be discussed in the meeting, which is consequent to the directions of Supreme Court on a case moved by one Monicca Aggarwal. The meeting is scheduled to be held at the conference hall of the university. In a notice of motion for the meeting, the home department has mentioned that the next date of hearing in the Supreme Court is September 20. In related development, the home department has intensified its move of giving final touches to the agenda of the meeting and the gathering of ground report from toll plazas, blocked roads in Tikri, Singhu, and other borders and national highways having inter-state connectivity. For the meeting, the state government’s department is claming that it would table the directions of Supreme Court, complaints from industrialists, entrepreneurs, exporters and transports, and resolutions moved by local panchayats around Tikri and Bahdurgarh, during the meeting. Home minister Anil Vij, ACS (home) Rajeev Arora and top police officials have been in touch with each other for preparing for the meeting. “Main issue is restoration of traffic on the interstate borders of Delhi from Tikri and Singhu. This will be our only focus,” said Vij.

The Times of India

2021-09-18

Chandigarh