Farm laws News

The Delhi Police has authorised the farmers to hold the 'mahapanchayat'. The Police has restricted the number of attendees to 5,000 people. For a month now, farmers have been stationed at Shambhu and Khanauri along the Punjab-Haryana border.

Farmers' Protest LIVE Updates: The farmers, who have been preparing for the march for several days, have loaded their trailers with dry foodstuff to sustain the protest for long. They have also arranged for ‘langar’ to feed the protesters wherever they camp.

BJY enters Himachal: Braving the cold weather, hundreds of Congress workers, along with Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, state party chief Pratibha Singh, state ministers and party MLAs, welcomed the Rahul Gandhi-led yatra at the Manser toll plaza near Indora.

The Union government on Monday formed a committee on minimum support price (MSP), eight months after it promised to set up such a panel while withdrawing the three contentious farm laws.

Interestingly, the SC-appointed panel was not in favour of a total repeal of the three controversial farm laws and instead had suggested leaving procurement of crops at a specified price to the states and scrapping of the Essential Commodities Act.

Prime Minister said he has always worked for the benefit of farmers and they always supported him. "I am someone who is on a journey to win the hearts of farmers. I understand the pain of farmers with marginal landholdings. I have always tried to win their hearts," he said.

The SKM, a consortium of 40-odd farmers` organisations, had on December 9, 2021, declared to suspend their 15-month long agitation that was started to protest the three contentious farm laws passed by the Parliament in 2020.

Recently, big allegations have been made against the Govt in the Congress regarding agricultural laws. The party is saying that all three are preparing to bring back the agriculture law.

Earlier, Tomar had spoken on the repeal of farm laws and had said, "We moved a step back and we will move forward again."

The BKU leader also said that the farmers` struggle against the three central farm laws would be written in golden letters. Tikait also warned people against using his photographs on political hoardings.

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait and his supporters leave Ghazipur protest site at Delhi-UP border after suspending their year-long protest against the 3 farm laws.

Tikait made these remarks as the last batch of farmers, who had been protesting against the now-repealed three central farm laws, began vacating the Ghazipur protest site at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border.

Farmers started leaving the protest site on the Delhi-Haryana border on Saturday after the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) suspended the agitation following the repeal of the Centre's three farm laws and the government conceding to its other demands.

After the end of the farmers' protest, all the three borders of Delhi have been opened. Farmers were staging a sit-in for a year against the Farm laws on the three borders of Delhi. However, on Saturday, farmers have removed their tents and tractors from the borders of Delhi.

Though the protests against farm laws are over, the political parties in Punjab have begun to poach the farmer union leaders who played a major role in forcing the Centre to accept their demands.

"Mahapanchayat will be held from time to time to discuss farmers` issues," said Rakesh Tikait. BKU leader also lauded the role of media in highlighting farmers` agitation. Farmers had been protesting against the farm laws on various borders of Delhi since November 26, 2020.

Farmers are the backbone of the state's economy, said Channi Punjab has already given jobs to the kin of 157 deceased farmers The state govt announced Rs 5 lakh financial aid as well

Families of farmers along with fellow villagers at many places on the Delhi-Karnal-Ambala and Delhi-Hisar national highways along with other state highways enroute were welcoming and honouring the peasants coming in tractor trolleys with garlands, 'laddoos', 'barfi' and other sweets.

The incident took place at Haryana's Hisar Farmers ended their protest on Saturday They were protesting against the now-repealed farm laws

Farmers at the Singhu border expressed their happiness and prepare to return to their homes after calling off their protest against the farm laws. BKU expressed grief over the death of all those 700 farmers who lost their lives in this year-long protest.