Leader of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation farmers, Sarwan Singh Pandher, has warned the BJP-led government that it will be held accountable for whatever happens now, just hours after they rejected the Centre’s proposal to purchase everything at MSP.
The farmers have declared that they will resume their protest march towards Delhi on coming Wednesday, February 21. According to Pandher, who spoke on Tuesday morning, the government has made it plain that it will not permit them to enter Delhi. The government made it very evident that they would stop at nothing to prevent us from entering Delhi.
Pandher said that the situation in Haryana is similar to that in Kashmir, referring to the police’s extraordinary efforts to stop the march. As we approached Delhi, there was shelling. Additionally, bullets were used on the tractor tires. According to DGP Haryana, farmers are not subjected to tear gas. We demand that those who use it be punished. Additionally, false statements are being made. On February 21, we will march towards Delhi. The government has offered us a plan that would force us to renounce our initial demands. He continued, “Whatever develops now, the government will be accountable.”
Three Union ministers on a panel on Sunday suggested that government agencies purchase pulses, maize, and cotton crops at minimum support prices (MSP) for a period of five years during the fourth round of negotiations with farmer leaders. The government’s proposal was met with resistance by the farmers on Monday, who claimed it was an attempt to “divert and dilute” their demand for MSP. They declared that the farmers would not accept anything by the farmers on Monday, who claimed it was an attempt to “divert and dilute” their demand for MSP. They declared that the farmers would not accept anything less than the recommendations made in the report by the Swaminathan Commission. On February 21, at 11 a.m., we will relocate to Delhi in peace, he stated.
Farmers are requesting that a law declaring all crops to be at minimum support prices be passed by the government. MSP on all crops, according to the government, will put a strain on the national coffers. In BJP-ruled Haryana earlier this month, police fired tear gas shells at farmers who were demonstrating. Pandher stated on Monday that the framers wished to travel peacefully towards Delhi and did not intend to breach the barricades. The government ignored their requests for a location at Jantar Mantar for their protest.
We simply want our demands to be fulfilled, but we are forced to act if the government refuses to listen. Farmers and ‘jawans’ (police and paramilitary) are on opposing sides of the divide. Violence is not what we desire. Among other things, the demonstrators want the reinstatement of the 2013 Land Acquisition Act, debt forgiveness, and farmer pensions.
