With Sanmyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal’s quick unto demise coming into the forty third day, farmers have introduced a nationwide tractor march on January 26 in protest in opposition to the Central authorities.
Amongst a number of different bulletins on Tuesday, farmers mentioned that a whole lot of tractors will hit the streets and roads as a mark of protest in opposition to the Centre on the day. Since February 13, 2024, farmers, underneath the umbrella of SKM (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, have been protesting on the Punjab-Haryana border in Khanauri with a requirement that the Centre give authorized assure on Minimal Help Value (MSP) for his or her crops.
Apart from the MSP assure, farmers are demanding a debt waiver, pension, no hike in electrical energy tariffs, withdrawal of police instances, and justice for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence. The farmers have been tenting on the Khanauri border after safety forces stopped their march to Delhi.
Earlier than the tractor march on Republic Day, the farmers additionally plan to burn the drafts of the brand new farming coverage in villages on January 13.
JAGJIT SINGH DALLEWAL HEALTH UPDATE
The situation of farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who has been on an indefinite strike since November 26, stays vital as his well being deteriorated and his blood stress dropped, a physician who carried out his check-up mentioned.
“Final night time, we thought that Jagjit Dalewal had left us. We can’t even give him medication as a consequence of his quick. He vomited final night and after that his BP went down. Jagjit Dalewal’s situation final night time was severe, his situation remains to be vital,” Dr Avtar mentioned whereas talking to media on Tuesday.
In the meantime, protesting farmers have condemned the Centre’s stance on the problem to date and warned that the scenario can be uncontrollable if something occurs to Dallewal.
“Jagjit Dalewal has been on a quick for 43 days to get the guarantees made to farmers fulfilled, however PM Modi just isn’t affected. If one thing occurs to Jagjit Dalewal, farmers can be so offended that the scenario will spiral uncontrolled and the central authorities wouldn’t be capable of do something about it,” mentioned a farmer’s consultant.
Round 30,000 farmers from Akola district of Maharashtra have despatched signatures in favour of the MSP demand, he added.
2021 TRACTOR MARCH BY FARMERS
On January 26, 2021, 1000’s of farmers protesting in opposition to controversial agricultural reforms stormed Delhi’s historic Crimson Fort, turning the Republic Day celebrations right into a scene of chaos. The protest escalated after a conflict between farmers and police, resulting in widespread disruption.
Protesters scaled the partitions of the long-lasting monument and unfurled a flag alongside India’s nationwide flag, drawing sharp criticism and sparking a nationwide debate.
The farmers had deliberate their march to coincide with the Republic Day parade to amplify their grievances in opposition to the three farm legal guidelines enacted by the central authorities in September 2021.
Whereas the federal government argued that the legal guidelines had been essential to modernising India’s agricultural sector, farmers feared that the reforms would favour giant firms, permitting them to dictate crop costs and pushing small-scale farmers into monetary misery.
With inputs from Kulveer Singh
