Chandigarh: Farmer chief Sarwan Singh Pandher on Tuesday decried the heavy barricading alongside the borders of Punjab and Haryana in view of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march, saying the state borders have been become “international borders”. He additionally accused the Manohar Lal Khattar authorities of harassing farmers in Haryana.
“It does not seem Punjab and Haryana are two states. It seems they have become the international border,” Pandher advised reporters in Fatehgarh Sahib district forward of the farmers’ march to Delhi.
The farmers are demanding a authorized assure for MSP, implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s suggestions, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police circumstances and “justice” for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013.
Pandher stated whereas the media has blamed the farmers for blocking roads, the federal government itself has blocked roads.
“Even today we are not saying that we will block roads. The government itself has blocked roads for the past two-three days,” Pandher, who’s the overall secretary of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, stated.
Concrete partitions have been erected on the Punjab and Haryana borders, he stated. “We grow foodgrains and we feed the country and they have grown a crop of nails” for us,” Pandher stated whereas referring to the frilly preparations made by the Haryana authorities to stop farmers from transferring in direction of the nationwide capital.
He alleged that many farmers permitting allegiance to them have been detained in Madhya Pradesh. Lashing out on the Haryana authorities, Pandher stated Haryana has been become “Kashmir valley.” He alleged that the state authorities has despatched policemen to each village to harass farmers and deployed water cannons.
Referring to the assembly with the Union Ministers, Pandher stated because the assembly remained inconclusive, they determined to go in direction of Delhi.
He stated farmers rejected the ministers’ provides of formation of a committee over their calls for, particularly authorized assure to the minimal help worth.
Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda together with Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal held a gathering with representatives of farmers on Monday. However, the assembly on the calls for put ahead by farmers remained inconclusive.
Farmers below the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha plan to go to Delhi from the Ambala-Shambhu, Khanauri-Jind and the Dabwali borders.
