-The Telegraph The agitators have repeatedly refused to implead themselves in the case despite the apex court offering them the option The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee on Sunday said the “Supreme Court does not and cannot have any role” in resolving the deadlock over the new farm laws, adding that their enactment reflected a political decision to place corporate interests over those of farmers. The AIKSCC, which had given the “Dilli...
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Farmers Tell Govt Nothing Less Than Repeal of 3 Farm Laws Acceptable, 8th Round of Talks Fail -Tarique Anwar
-Newsclick.in The farmers’ unions also rejected the government’s proposal to take the matter to the Supreme Court saying that “this is a political matter and it will be resolved politically”. New Delhi: “We will either die or win. We will return home only when you withdraw the (three) laws,” farmer leaders told the government in clear terms on Friday afternoon (January 8) during eighth round of talks held at Vigyan Bhawan for...
More »The faces behind the farmer revolt -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com * Unlikely alliances brought the disquiet to Delhi’s doorstep. Here’s the definitive behind-the-scenes account * Many of the farmer leaders who are out on the streets have not seen eye-to-eye for years, if not decades. Yet, decisions are being taken jointly, brushing aside years of acrimony Enough is enough. How long will we sit like this? Let us break the barricades and move toward Delhi. If some lives have to be sacrificed,...
More »'We Are One’: Why Punjab’s Landless Dalits are Standing with Protesting Farmers -Sandeep Singh
-TheWire.in As much at risk as the farmers if the laws are not repealed, the Dalits are also determined not to be used by the BJP to turn the protests against the new agriculture laws into an issue of landowners’ rights. New Delhi: On January 7, Thursday, when 2,000 labourers of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union (PKMU) began their journey from Dabwali, Punjab, to the Tikri border between Haryana and Delhi to...
More »Centre, farm unions talks on farm laws end in stalemate -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu After the seventh round of talks, farmer leaders said the government said it needs to consult internally and thereafter it would come back to the unions. The seventh round of talks between Union Ministers and protesting farm unions on Monday failed to resolve the deadlock over three new agricultural reform laws. Both sides stuck to their own positions and accused the other of stubbornness, with the Centre seeking to discuss...
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