Farmers protest:Â The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the farmers’ protest, has determined to pause the ;Delhi Chalo; march till February 29 (Thursday). Addressing the media, farmer chief Sarwan Singh Pandher stated that the Dilli Chalo march has been paused till February 29.
“We will decide next course of action on February 29”, stated Farmer chief Sarwan Singh Pandher informed whereas addressing a press convention at Khanauri.
Police use tear gasoline to forestall farmers from reaching Khanauri border
As the impasse between the protesting farmers and the central authorities persists, the Haryana Police on Friday used tear gasoline to disperse farmers heading in direction of Khanauri on Punjab’s border with the state. The protesting farmers additionally asserted that cremation of Shubhkaran Singh, who died on Wednesday, is not going to happen till the Punjab authorities registers a case towards these answerable for it. Amid the standoff, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann introduced compensation for Singh who died on the Khanauri border.
A petition has been filed within the Supreme Court alleging violation of the rights of the “peacefully protesting” farmers by the Centre and a few states. The plea claimed that the Centre and a few states have issued “threats” and fortified the nationwide capital’s borders, after a number of farmer unions referred to as protests.
Haryana withdraws NSA order
Meanwhile, the Haryana Police stated it’s withdrawing its earlier resolution to invoke provisions of the National Security Act (NSA) towards some farmer leaders who’re an element of the continuing farmers’ agitation. In a associated improvement, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar introduced waiver of curiosity and penalty on sure crop loans and didn’t hike taxes as he offered a Rs 1.
89-lakh crore price range for the 2024-25 monetary 12 months.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) are spearheading the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press the federal government to settle for their calls for, together with a authorized assure of minimal help worth (MSP) for crops and a farm mortgage waiver.
The Punjab farmers are additionally demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s suggestions, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electrical energy tariff, withdrawal of police circumstances and “justice” for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the households of the farmers who died throughout a earlier agitation in 2020-21.
A number of protesters threw stones at police personnel when farmers from Kheri Chopta village close to Hisar in Haryana have been stopped from going to Khanauri the place farmers, largely from Punjab, have been tenting since final week after their march was halted by the safety forces. A conflict between police personnel and farmers ensued, forcing Haryana safety personnel to hearth tear gasoline shells.
Some police personnel and farmers have been injured within the conflict, officers stated, including some farmers have been detained. Bharatiya Kisan Union’s Hisar unit president Golu Data alleged that moreover utilizing tear gasoline, the police additionally resorted to lathi-charge and turned on a water cannon towards the farmers. He criticised the state authorities for the police action.
Farmers at the moment are holding a sit-in to protest towards the police action, Data stated. A heavy police power has been deployed to preserve legislation and order within the space.Â
Punjab CM declares compensation
The Punjab chief minister introduced a compensation of Rs 1 crore and a authorities job for the sister of Singh who died on the Khanauri border level. Singh (21), a local of Bathinda, was killed and 12 police personnel have been injured in clashes at Khanauri border level on the Punjab-Haryana border on Wednesday. The incident befell when some protesting farmers have been making an attempt to head in direction of the barricades.
“The family of Shubhkaran Singh, who got martyred during the farmer’s movement on the Khanauri border, will be given financial assistance of Rs 1 crore by the Punjab government and a government job to his younger sister. Due legal action will be taken against culprits,” Mann stated in a put up in Punjabi.
Farmer leaders demanded a martyr standing for Singh, who hailed from Ballo village in Bathinda. Hours after Mann’s announcement, the farmer leaders collaborating within the agitation stated the cremation of Singh is not going to happen till the Punjab authorities registers a case towards these answerable for it. On the opposite aspect, the Haryana Police stated it’s withdrawing its earlier resolution to invoke provisions of the NSA towards some farmer leaders who’re half of the continuing farmers’ agitation.
This comes a day after Ambala police issued an announcement saying it was implementing the method of detaining workplace bearers of the protesting farmer outfits below part 2(3) of the National Security Act, 1980, to preserve legislation and order and stop legal actions. However, Inspector General of Police (Ambala Range) Sibash Kabiraj stated, “It is to clarify to all concerned that the matter of invoking provisions of the National Security Act on few farm union leaders of Ambala district has been reconsidered and it has been decided that the same will not be invoked.”
He additionally appealed to the protesting farmers and their leaders to preserve peace and cooperate with authorities in sustaining legislation and order. Meanwhile, Khattar, who introduced the price range proposals at a time when farmers have intensified their protests at Punjab-Haryana borders, asserted that his authorities has taken many steps for the welfare of the farmers and that MSP is being given for 14 crops. The authorities has additionally determined to double the monetary compensation to Rs 1 crore for households of troopers who die within the line of obligation, he stated.
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