Farmers seek special session of parliament to repeal 3 laws
NEW DELHI: The agitating farmers on Wednesday urged the Union government to convene a special session of the Parliament to repeal the three farm laws, besides threatening to hold a nationwide protest on Dec.5.
Addressing a press conference at the DelhiHaryana border in Singhu, Darshan Pal, President of Krantikari Kisan Union, said, “We will celebrate Dec.3, when the Bhopal gas tragedy took place several decades ago, as anti-corporate day. On Dec.5, we will protest against the Modi government and the corporate houses and burn their effigies.”
It will be a nationwide protest where the farmers will burn the effigies.
He also said that artistes and sportspersons have given the call to return the rewards they have received from the government.
“We thank the people who have announced to return their awards to the government and we are hopeful that those who have got national awards will also return them as a mark of solidarity with the farmers’ movement,” Pal said.
He also said that the farmer leaders will give a writen 7-10 page recommendation on why they want the farm laws to be repealed.
“We demand the government to call a special session of the Parliament to repeal the three farm laws,” Pal said.
He further said that during the meeting with the government on Tuesday, it seemed to them that the government tried to divide them and tried to mislead them on the three farm laws.
Delhichiefministerarvindkejriwalonwednesday accused the Central government of pressuring his government to convert nine Delhi stadiums into jail as part of its “fool-proof” plan to put agitating farmers there when they moved towards Delhi from Punjab and Haryana last week.
Kejriwal revealed this while addressing a digital press conference here, saying his refusal to convert the nine stadiums in Delhi into jails has “upset the Centre.”
“Since the time we refused to convert the nine stadiums in Delhi into temporary jails, the Central government is very upset with me. They had a foolproof plan of puting the farmers into these jails as soon as the farmers reach Delhi,” Kejriwal said.