Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers demand special session of Parliament

One week after they began protests on the borders of Delhi, farmers’ groups have demanded that the Centre call a special session of Parliament to repeal the three new agriculture reform laws. If their demands are not met, they threatened to “choke” the capital by blocking more highways entering the city. A truckers’ confederation also threatened a strike in northern India from December 8 in support of the farmers. Demand non-negotiable “Our demand is non-negotiable. We want the three laws repealed immediately,” said Krantikari Kisan Union president Darshan Pal on the eve of the fourth round of talks with the government. “We will give our written objections, and we will sit for discussions one, two, three, four days but as long as our demand is not met, we will intensify the struggle here and in the rest of the country. The other borders of Delhi will be sealed as well, and the city will be even more choked,” he said, speaking at a joint press conference of the protest leadership on the Singhu border point on Wednesday. The leaders said they were not willing to get bogged down in a clause-by -clause discussion as their demand was full repeal.

The Hindu

2020-12-03

NEW DELHI