Farmers Movement Archive

Will continue protest till six demands are met: Farm leaders

The Haryana and Punjab farmers’ unions held separate meetings at Singhu border on Wednesday. The farm leaders said they will continue their protest till their six demands are met.Haryana farm leader Mandeep Singh Nathwan said they will call off their agitation after the Union government accepts their six demands including a legal guarantee on the minimum support price (MSP), amendment in the Electricity Act, compensation to deceased farmers’ families and job to their next of kin, revocation of FIRs registered during the agitation, and strict action against Union minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra.“The government should also revoke the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 and the Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property Act. The Union government should ensure that the committee formed by it gives a legal guarantee on the MSP,” he added.However, the Punjab leaders said they will continue their agitation till their demands are met but can change the way of the agitation.BKU leader Gurnam Singh Charuni, who did not take part in the meetings, said the government should announce to cancel all FIRs registered against farmers and compensate the victims’ families.“After these demands are met, we will decide our next course of action,” he added.

Hindustan Times

02-12-2021

Chandigarh