
After a meeting with the Punjab government and the governor, farmers' organizations announced the end of the dharana
SAS Nagar, November 28 - Under the banner of the United Kisan Morcha, the farmers who have been protesting for the past three days at the Chandigarh border in Mohali have announced the end of the march.
SAS Nagar, November 28 - Under the banner of the United Kisan Morcha, the farmers who have been protesting for the past three days at the Chandigarh border in Mohali have announced the end of the march.
The situation in this regard had started building since the morning when the farmers' leaders met Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddiyan. In this meeting held in a relaxed atmosphere, it was decided that the farmers will submit a demand letter to the government on December 4, which will mention all the demands that they want the government to fulfill. In the meeting held with the Minister of Agriculture, it was decided that there will be a panel meeting of the farmers with the Chief Minister on the 19th in which all the officials of the department will be present. The minister assured that action will be taken to solve the farmers' demands after listening to them on the spot.
After this Kisan went to Raj Bhavan and met Punjab Governor Shri Banwari Lal Purohit. On this occasion, the United Farmers' Front demanded from the Governor that a law be made guaranteeing the purchase of all crops with MSPC 2+50% formula and to increase the subsidy on seeds, fertilizers and electricity to reduce the cost, suicides of farmers and laborers. In order to prevent this, the entire debt incurred by farmers and workers should be leaked, the Electricity (Amendment) Bill-2022, which privatizes the electricity sector, should be repealed and the installation of prepaid meters (smart chip meters) being installed under this policy should be stopped. Along with guaranteeing food security across the country, the public distribution system should be strengthened, a simple and farmer-friendly insurance scheme should be implemented in place of the pro-corporate Prime Minister's Crop Insurance Scheme for damage to crops damaged by drought, floods, hail or disease. All installments of which should be paid by the government, 10 thousand rupees monthly pension should be given to farmers men and women above 60 years of age, justice should be given to the martyrs of Lakhimpur Khiri incident and Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni should be removed from the post of minister. The trial should be conducted. The farmers have demanded that all the cases filed against the farmers and leaders including the railways during the farmers' struggles should be cancelled, the families of the farmers who were martyred during the movement should be given compensation and jobs, the case against Newsclick should be canceled and the U.A. PA should be abolished.
After the governor's assurance during the meeting held by the farmers with the governor, the union took a unanimous decision and announced the suspension of the sit-in for the time being. After the announcement of ending the dharna, the farmers' leaders and members have started to take back their tractor trolleys and various vehicles from the place of dharna.
