New Delhi: Farmers' Protest Live Updates: Farmers protesting against the Centre's new farm sector laws clanged thalis and raised slogans as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address Mann ki Baat was broadcast this morning. The protest took place at Singhu border, Faridkot in Punjab and Rohtak in BJP-ruled Haryana.
The "Delhi-Chalo" protest by farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, has been continuing for more than a month. Thousands of farmers have been camping at the borders of Delhi, demanding that the farm laws, passed in September, be scrapped.
After five rounds of talks between the farmers and the centre failed, the Supreme Court ordered that a committee be formed to address the issue. The protesting farmer unions on Saturday asked the government to meet and hold discussions on the new farm laws on December 29 (Tuesday).
Here are the Live Updates on farmers' protests:
Dec 27, 2020 20:58 (IST)
Farmers' protest example of government's failure, says Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of giving importance to its "capitalist friends" and said the farmers' protest against the new agri laws is an example of the "failure" of the government. The BJP government at the Centre is making offers to farmers for talks, but on the other hand, it is levelling "baseless allegations" on the protesting farmers, he said in a statement.
Dec 27, 2020 11:24 (IST)
Farmers from western UP stay put in Noida at night
Braving biting cold, scores of farmers stayed put at the Delhi-Noida border near Chilla on Saturday night in protest against the three recent farm laws of the Centre even as other agitating farmers returned home for night stay, news agency Press Trust Of India reported.
During the day, farmers' groups from various Western Uttar Pradesh districts visit the border, join demonstrations and then return by evening, leaving local protestors and those from nearby districts at the site for an overnight stay, said Yogesh Pratap Singh, the UP unit chief of the BKU (Bhanu).
Around 50 BKU (Bhanu) members, some of them belonging to Gautam Buddh Nagar, Bulandshahr and Ghaziabad, were at Chilla border on Saturday night, while 11 members observed fast during the day.
Dec 27, 2020 09:39 (IST)
Congress spreading misinformation on farm laws: Dharmendra Pradhan
Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday alleged that the Congress is spreading misinformation on the new agriculture laws and creating a sense of fear among farmers across the country, while the BJD is supporting such activities.
He claimed that the new farm laws were aimed at making farmers self-reliant.
Mr Pradhan, while addressing a farmers' rally, said that the Congress is spreading misinformation and creating a sense of fear among the farmers that their lands will be taken
away by corporate houses and the minimum support price system will be abolished. The BJD is backing such activities.
Dec 27, 2020 09:03 (IST)
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait receives death threat over phone
Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait who has been participating in the agitation against the farm laws alleged that he has received a death threat over the phone.
"It was a phone call from Bihar. They were threatening to kill me with arms. I have forwarded the recording to the police captain. They will do what is needed to be done next," said Tikait.
Tikait is at the forefront of protests against the farm laws. He has filed a complaint at Kaushambi Police Station.
