Page 12 - The Indian EYE 061821

NATION JUNE 18, 2021 | The Indian Eye 12

Farmers’ agitation gathers

momentum as they plan to head

back to national capital

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait calls for repealing three new farm laws as

Opposition parties back the farmers

Our Bureau cha leader Yogendra staged a
New Delhi dharna in front of Tohana Sa-
dar police station in Fatehabad
F armers, who have been district of Haryana, demanding

in
Tohana,
agitating
the release of arrested farmers.
Haryana, over the arrest
They also called for a state-
of two farmers, will now head wide gherao of police sta-
back to the national capital to tions in Haryana with this de-
continue their protest against mand. At the borders of Delhi,
the Centre’s farm laws, Bharati- farmers have been protesting
ya Kisan Union leader Rakesh against for the last six months
Tikait said on Monday. Speak- against the center’s farm laws.
ing to ANI, Tikait said that the Meanwhile, extending his
demand of farmers to withdraw support to the ongoing farm-
cases against the arrested farm- ers’ protest, Congress leader
ers had been accepted after a Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday
meeting with the administra- slammed the Central govern-
tion. “After meeting with the Farmers raise slogans and burn copies of the three farm laws during a ment, stating that the farmers
administration, all our demands protest in Patiala on Saturday. (ANI) have been protesting against
have been accepted. Cases will the three agricultural laws de-
be withdrawn. One person, who spite several deaths at the pro-
is still in jail, will be freed after test site.
formalities. We will go back “To safeguard their farms
to Delhi to fight against farm and the country, farmers are
laws,” Tikait said. dying slowly. But they are not
Farmer unions had called off afraid and they are true to their
the statewide gherao of police stance,” Gandhi said in a tweet
stations in Haryana after the in Hindi with the hashtag #
state government released the 500DeathsAtFarmersProtest.
two arrested farmers on Mon- Farmers protesting against
day morning. the Centre’s farm laws have
Farmers Ravi Azad and Vi- been agitating for over six
kas Sisar have been released months. Many have camped at
from Hisar Jail in the early the borders of the national cap-
hours of Monday. The duo ital.
was arrested for gheraoing lo- Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait speaks to the media about the Despite several rounds of
cal Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) arrested farmers during an ongoing protest against farm laws, in Fate- talks between the Centre and
MLA Devender Sigh Babli’s habad on Sunday. (ANI) the farmer leaders last year, the
residence on June 1. deadlock remains.
He said the Centre should three new farm laws and if they so that farmers over here can Farmers have been protest-
guarantee that a bill will be already wrote then they should be benefitted from it,” said ing on the different borders of
passed on MSP so that farmers send the reminder to the gov- Rakesh Tikait. the national capital since No-
over here can be benefitted from ernment because these laws A large number of farmers vember 26 against the three
it. “We will also urge the West will bring loss to farmers. The led by farmer leaders Rakesh newly enacted farm laws - Farm-
Bengal government to write a Centre should guarantee that Tikait, Gurnam Singh Cha- ers’ Produce Trade and Com-
letter to the Centre against the a bill will be passed on MSP duni and United Kisan Mor- Continued on next page... >>

www.TheIndianEYE .com