Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has supported the demands of the farmers who plan to stage a protest on February 13 in Delhi. Prime Minister Modi has been questioned by Swamy regarding his refusal to accept the Punjab farmers’ revised proposal. “Cannot expect for long to be happy” is how Swamy puts it if the Centre does not meet the demands of the Sikh farmers.
“I have studied farmers’ demand and as an economist, I think them as good for India,” the former Rajya Sabha MP added. Former MP Swamy also stated that he has gone through and read the farmers’ demand and as an economist he thinks them to be good for India.
The demands of the farmers.
Separately, a group of farmer leaders who are organising a Tuesday march towards Delhi will meet with a team of three Union Ministers—Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda, and Nityanand Rai—on Monday. The Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26 will host the meeting starting at 5:00 p.m.
The three Union ministers and the farmer leaders met for the first time on February 8.
A legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP), the execution of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, the waiver of farm debt, the dismissal of police cases, and “justice” for the victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence are among the demands made by the upset farmers.
Security measures taken by police in UP, Delhi and Haryana.
In the meantime, police in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Haryana have constructed detailed border security measures, including barbed wire, concrete barriers, and nails on the road to keep farmers from entering the parliament. Due to high levels of stress and “social unrest,” Delhi Police has enforced Section 144 throughout the nation’s capital until March 12. Farmers who wished to participate in the “Delhi Chalo” march are said to have been “harassed” by the Centre, according to opposition parties.
In all seven of Haryana’s districts, the government has also halted internet and bulk SMS services.
The Delhi Police and the Haryana Police have issued numerous traffic advisories, advising commuters to choose alternate routes in light of the farmers’ protest.
by Swapnil Angel Samad