Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers welcome decision to rollback all three agriculture laws in Amritsar

Amritsar, November 19The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) that has been at the forefront to mobilise farmers in the Majha region during the long-drawn agitation against the Union Government, welcomed the decision to rollback all three farm laws but refused to lift the protest till the parliament ratifies it. Nearly 2,000 farmer activists are in the lead of the agitation who are sitting in protest at Singhu border.The Centre’s announcement to repeal the three agri laws came on the auspicious occasion of Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev. Prime Minister Narendra Modi listened to us patiently last week. PM Modi is a true democratic leader as he values sentiments of people. Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina, BJP leaderFarmers have been sitting at the Delhi borders for a long time to get the three agri laws repealed. Around 700 farmers have sacrificed their lives during the course of agitation. The Centre should’ve done it earlier to save farmers from undue harassment. Punjab Government has already repealed the three laws at the outset. OP Soni, Deputy Chief Minister Three agri laws should have been repealed earlier so that the lives of 700 farmers could have been saved. It is a victory of Punjab and Punjabiyat. Gurjit Singh Aujla, Congress MPSarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary of KMSC, said they would not lift the protest until the parliament properly repeals the law. “Political ambition as the state was at the threshold of holding the next Assembly election cannot be ruled out at this juncture. PM Narendra Modi was completely aware that Punjabis in general and Sikhs in particular were not happy with the enactment of the farm laws. If Modi made the decision to repeal the farm laws on Gurpurb, he made a good decision.”He said there were many other issues concerning the farming community besides farm laws. The government is silent on enacting MSP guarantee law and lifting harsh penalty on farmers under the Pollution Act. He said cases were filed against farmers, including some KMSC leaders, for Red Fort incident, stone pelting at Singhu border on January 29 and another case was registered on November 27, 2020. He demanded that all these be withdrawn.

The Tribune

2021-11-20