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Intensifying the farmers’ protest against the three contentious laws amid a deadlock with the Centre, a call for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 8 December was given by leaders on Friday, 4 December.
We have decided to give ‘Bharat Bandh’ call on 8 December, farmer leader Harvinder Singh Lakhwal was quoted as saying by news agency PTI after a meeting. He added that they have planned to block the remaining roads of Delhi.
Meanwhile, a petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking immediate removal of farmers who are protesting at the border areas of Delhi-NCR, Bar & Bench reported. The plea filed by an advocate reportedly cites an increase in the risk of spread of COVID-19 in Delhi, and says that the protest is working as an obstacle for accessing emergency medical services and attending to patients.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday threatened to launch a country-wide agitation if the "anti-farmer" new farm laws were not withdrawn.
Winners of Bhartiya Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi including Sirmour Shire Dr Mohanjit, eminent thinker Dr. Jaswinder Singh and Punjabi playwright and editor of Punjabi Tribune Swarajbir have returned their awards to show support for farmers, ANI reported on Friday, quoting the Central Punjabi Writers' Association.
The Bundelkhand Kisan Union (BKU) has announced its support to the farmers' demand for convening a special session of Parliament to repeal the Centre's three farm laws.
"The three laws passed by the Union government are anti-farmers. They will not help farmers in any way and will only force them to commit suicide," said BKU president Vimal Kumar.
He said that the government should immediately convene a special session of the Parliament and withdraw all the three controversial laws and set up a 'Krishi Ayog consisting only of agriculture scientists and farmers," Kumar said.
He said about 500 farmers of the Bundelkhand region are reaching Delhi on Friday to in the famers' agitation.
40 farmer leaders are holding a meeting at one of the Delhi-Haryana borders to discuss the next steps after Thursday's meeting with the government yielded no result amid the deadlock over the farm laws.
Several roads leading to Delhi remain closed as farmers continue their protest at four busy border points of the national capital - Singhu, Noida, Ghazipur and Tikri - to press their demands, under heavy police deployment.
TMC leader Derek O'Brien on Friday met farmers gathered in protest at the Singhu border, while West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the farmers over the phone, ANI reports.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday took to Twitter to express solidarity with farmers protesting against the “draconian farm bills passed without consultation by Centre”.
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking immediate removal of farmers who are protesting at the border areas of Delhi-NCR against the recently passed agricultural laws, Bar & Bench reported.
The plea filed by an advocate reportedly cites an increase in the risk of spread of COVID-19 in Delhi, and says that the protest is working as an obstacle for accessing emergency medical services and attending to patients.
Intensifying the farmers’ protest against the three contentious laws amid a deadlock with the Centre, a call for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 8 December was given by leaders on Friday.
We have decided to give ‘Bharat Bandh’ call on 8 December, farmer leader Harvinder Singh Lakhwal was quoted as saying by news agency PTI after a meeting. He added that they have planned to block the remaining roads of Delhi.
“Yesterday, we told the Government that the farm laws should be withdrawn. On 5 December, effigies of PM Modi will be burnt across the country. We have given a call for Bharat Bandh on 8 December,” Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU-Lakhowal) General Secretary HS Lakhowal was quoted as saying by ANI at the Singhu border.