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Farmers’ pronounce Day 3: The leaders of farmer unions will likely be assembly with the cupboard ministers for the third round of talks in Chandigarh
The farmer unions Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) and BKU Dakaunda (Dhaner faction), which were leading the continuing protests, are staging a ‘rail roko’ (finish trains) within the impart of Punjab between 12 noon and 4 pm (native time) on Thursday (Feb 15) because the protesters equipped to defend a assembly with the cupboard ministers.
The protesters, who came from Rajpura and Patiala, sat on the rail tracks and blocked trains at Rajpura Railway Location.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which is an umbrella body consisting of 37 farm unions, supported the continuing protests all over which the farmers were demanding a minimal toughen sign or MSP for their plant life.
These unions had majorly contributed to the protests that took region in 2020 and absorb participated within the most up-to-date protests citing the “condemnable employ of violence” in opposition to farmers.
The police action has been slammed by BKU (Ugrahan) customary secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan.
“We stand with them in solidarity. To point out it, our supporters will defend rail roko (finish trains) at as many locations as we are going to provide the chance to,” Kalan announced. He said that the organisation will block prepare tracks between 12 pm and 4 pm (native time) in Punjab on Thursday (Feb 15), one day sooner than the farmers absorb deliberate an even bigger nationwide strike.
Ministers to defend a assembly with farmers
The farmers will likely be maintaining a assembly with the cupboard ministers in Chandigarh on Thursday (Feb 15) and the protesters are more likely to live peaceful and no longer try pushing their methodology thru the barricades positioned at varied border parts across the nationwide capital.
After speaking with senior police officers in Chandigarh on Wednesday (Nov 14), farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that Agriculture Minister Arjun Munda and two other cabinet ministers Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai will likely be maintaining talks with representatives of the protesting farmers in Punjab at 5 pm (native time) on Thursday (Feb 15).
Goyal has been maintaining the Meals and Public Distribution portfolio and Rai is the Minister of Articulate for House.
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“In accordance with a message we bought final evening and Union Minister Anurag Thakur’s demand dialogue, we spoke to everyone within the droop and determined that we’d remain peaceful this day and no longer try to push extra from where we were. A gathering has been called for 5 pm tomorrow and we are going to provide the chance to proceed our peaceful pronounce. No action will likely be taken from our aspect till then,” Pandher said.
Talking to ANI, General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Sarvan Singh Pandher said, “We now absorb got a assembly with the ministers this day, and we want PM Modi to absorb a conversation with them so that we are going to provide the chance to attain an answer for our calls for. Or else, we desires to be allowed to pronounce peacefully in Delhi.”
“We’re going to attend the assembly in a fully sure mood this day and we absorb corpulent self perception that a definite solution will emerge from this assembly,” he added.
(With inputs from companies)
