Before in the day, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson, Rakesh Tikait claimed that a full of 60 farmers have so considerably lost their lives through the ongoing farmers’ protest in opposition to the new farm laws. He additional claimed that a person farmer is dying each individual 16 hrs and it is the obligation of the government to give an reply.
Protesting farmers who have been tenting at Delhi borders for the last 39 times braving bone-chilling chilly and now rains have threatened to intensify their protest if their two important demands — repeal of the 3 new farm laws and lawful backing for the minimal guidance rate (MSP) — are not acknowledged by the government in today’s meeting.
Enacted in September 2020, the government has presented these laws as important farm reforms and aimed at raising farmers’ revenue, but protesting farmers have raised problems that these legislations would weaken the MSP and mandi methods and go away them at the mercy of major corporates.
The government has taken care of these apprehensions are misplaced and has dominated out repealing the laws.