Farmers returning, but other demands in focus
To clear off Singhu Border by December 13; However, farmers will continue protests against remaining issues
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The War Is Not Over
- Farmers keen on other issues
- Lakhimpur violence, farm loans and The Electricity (amendment) Bill-2021 and Air Pollution Bill top the demand list
- Rail Roko protest in Punjab on Dec 14
Singhu-Kundli border: The largest and longest agitation in India has come to an end with farmers returning to their homes after 13 months. On December 8, farmer's union announced completion of their protest after receiving assurance from the central government on minimum support price (MSP).
As of December 11, farmers across all three borders at Delhi/NCR have begun vacating the national highways and returning to their home states. The decision to call off the prolong strike was made after the three contentious farm bills were repealed in the Parliament. Here at Singhu-Kundli border, the largest protest site, remains barricaded till the site of National High 44 is fully evacuated. Unlike other protest site of Tikri border, where a victory march was carried out by thousands of people, here at Singhu border, a sombre and quite atmosphere can be seen.
Jasjeet Singh says that not all border sites will be conducting the victory march as the protestors will be observing sacrifices of 750 farmers who died during the course of agitation since November 2020.
He says that although repealing farm law is indeed a major sign of victory, issues such as Lakhimpur violence, farm loans and other controversial bills including The Electricity (amendment) Bill, 2021 and air pollution bill are not yet solved.
"Our battle will continue till our other demands are met. We were scheduled to carry out a rail
roko protest in Punjab on December 14. Now that has been deferred by a week and will now take place on December 20," Sarwan Pandher, general secretary, Kisan Sangharsh Morcha, told Bizz Buzz.
