New Delhi: Farmers protesting against the new agricultural laws at Ghazipur border here began their day-long hunger strike on Monday.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader said that the day-long hunger strike started at 8 a.m. will end at 5 p.m.
He said, “This is today’s strategy and if the government still does not agree to our demands, we will select a new strategy for tomorrow. The leaders on hunger strike will address a press conference in the evening”
Tikait added, “We will continue to protest till the farm laws are not repealed. The government should listen to our concerns and conduct a discussion on them. We will continue to protest if the government fails to do so.”
About 15 farmer leaders at the Ghazipur border are gathering on a hunger strike.
The farmers have declined the proposal of the government who are prepared to include amendments in the new agricultural laws.
Farmers are adamant and say discussion with the government is possible only when it agrees to withdraw the “black laws“.
On Sunday, the Farmers’ organizations declared that they are going to fast for a day on Monday at the Delhi border. The farmer leaders said that the farmers will sit on a day-long hunger strike at district headquarters across the nation, as well as locations like Singhu, Palwal, Tikri, Ghazipur, and so forth
On Sunday, Delhi-Jaipur was shut for a couple of hours as farmers from Haryana and Rajasthan began marching towards the national capital. More than 4,000 police officers were on duty in Faridabad and Gurgaon to halt the march.
The farmers had furthermore called for ‘Bharat Bandh‘ on December 8 which was supported by several political parties and trade unions.
Some political parties are additionally supporting the farmers’ protest while the workers and leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will likewise sit on a hunger strike in solidarity to the farmers.
Many opposition parties, including the Congress, have been criticising the government over the way they have handled the protests. A huge number of farmers have been sitting on the outskirts of Delhi since late November.
The Centre has claimed that the farmers were being incited by pro-Left and Extreme Left elements and their agenda was being hijacked by political parties in the opposition, while the farmers remain by their statement that the new agricultural laws that were passed in September during the Monsoon Session of Parliament will ruin their livelihood.
