In the note, it was written that the government must repeal the farm laws as these were against the interests of farmers. Indirapuram DSP Anshu Jain said a purported suicide note written in Gurumukhi was found on him. Meanwhile, a 75-year-old farmer, Sardar Kashmir Singh, protesting at Ghazipur on the UP-Delhi border allegedly died by suicide on Saturday. Then why are you misinforming the people of the country?' “We are not here for confrontation,” he said.Īfter the sixth round of formal negotiations on Wednesday, the government and farm unions reached some common ground to resolve protesting farmers’ concerns over rise in power tariff and penalties for stubble burning, but the two sides remained deadlocked over the main contentious issues of the repeal of the laws and a legal guarantee for MSPįarmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni said, 'In our last meeting, we posed a question to the government that will you buy 23 crops on MSP? They said 'no'. Union leader BS Rajewal pointed out that the court had also said “peaceful protest” was one’s right. “We have got nothing on paper yet,” he said.

Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav said it was a “plain lie” that the government had accepted 50 per cent of the farmers’ demands. Union leaders said though they were hopeful for the January 4 meeting, they could not trust the government going by their past experience. The time has come for decisive action and we have chosen January 26 as the Republic Day represents the supremacy of the people.” We had long ago told the government that it has only two options-either repeal the laws or use force to evict us. It, he said, would be a “rehearsal” parade of their January 26 tractor march.Īshok Dhawale, another farm leader, said, “We intend to be peaceful. He said their plan for the proposed tractor march on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) highway on January 6 would remain unchanged. BS Rajewal, Farmers’ leaderĪsked about the route and timing, Pal said the unions would announce it later. The court has also said peaceful protest is one’s right. For it, he said, a mobilisation campaign would be launched across the country from January 6 to 20. The Morcha, an umbrella body representing around 40 farm unions, took the decision for the Republic Day march following a meeting of its seven-member coordination committee at Singhu near Delhi border.įarmer leader Darshan Pal Singh said their proposed march would be called “kisan parade” and it would be held after the Republic Day parade. We have chosen January 26 for tractor parade as Republic Day represents the supremacy of the people.

Toughening their stance ahead of the January 4 talks with the government, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha today said it would organise a tractor march to Delhi on January 26, when the country celebrates Republic Day, if their demands were not met.Īddressing a press conference, the union leaders said time had come for a “decisive” action as their key demands -repealing the three farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP for crops - had not been addressed by the government.Įither repeal the laws or use force to evict us.

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