New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, proposed the formation of a committee comprising representatives of farmers and the government. The court noted that the government’s negotiations with farmers won’t work.
While addressing the plea, the Chief Justice said, “All of you sit together,” . “Prepare a tentative list of committee members. Government’s engagement with farmers won’t workout it seems.” The Supreme Court also issued a notice to the Centre and States on a batch of pleas seeking the removal of the farmers from the border points of Delhi Meanwhile, the protesting farmers blocked the Chilla border between Delhi and Noida on Wednesday morning. The police tightened security arrangements, putting up barricades and deploying additional security personnel.
Bharatiya Kisan Union President Jagjit Singh Dallewala has reiterated that the farmers’ unions will make the government repeal the three agricultural laws as the farmers’ agitation near Delhi entered the 21st day on Wednesday.
Tens of thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, have been protesting at key entry points to Delhi. The farmers fear the agricultural reforms will weaken the minimum support price mechanism under which the government buys agricultural produce, will lead to the deregulation of crop-pricing, deny them fair remuneration for their produce and leave them at the mercy of corporations.
