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 “worldwide borders”. He additionally accused the Manohar Lal Khattar authorities of harassing farmers in Haryana.
“It doesn’t appear Punjab and Haryana are two states. It appears they’ve turn out to be the worldwide 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 Fee’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 mentioned whereas the media has blamed the farmers for blocking roads, the federal government itself has blocked roads.
“Even at present we’re not saying that we are going to block roads. The federal government itself has blocked roads for the previous two-three days,” Pandher, who’s the final secretary of the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee, mentioned.
Concrete partitions have been erected on the Punjab and Haryana borders, he mentioned. “We develop foodgrains and we feed the nation they usually have grown a crop of nails” for us,” Pandher mentioned whereas referring to the flowery preparations made by the Haryana authorities to forestall farmers from shifting 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 mentioned 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 mentioned because the assembly remained inconclusive, they determined to go in direction of Delhi.
He mentioned farmers rejected the ministers’ affords of formation of a committee over their calls for, particularly authorized assure to the minimal assist value.
Union Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda together with Meals and Shopper Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal held a gathering with representatives of farmers on Monday. Nonetheless, the assembly on the calls for put ahead by farmers remained inconclusive.
Farmers underneath 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.
