Farmers began removing tents from their protest site in Singhu on Delhi-Haryana.
New Delhi:
The farmers’ 15-month rally ended today when the Center accepted their remaining demands, including a legal guarantee of the Minimum Support Price. The farmers, who have camped on the Delhi border, said they would return on Saturday.
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Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organization of farmers’ federations, will hold a review meeting in Delhi on December 15. But the farmers have decided to celebrate their success with a Fateh Ardas (victory prayer) and a Fateh March (victory march) at the Singhu and Tikri protest sites on December 11, the sources said. Punjab farm leaders plan to pay the ceremony at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on December 13.
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Farmers continued to protest even after the Center decided to repeal controversial agricultural laws last month. When the Center finally accepted their remaining requests, a few questions remained, which were printed out in the official letter they received today.
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One key point was the committee that proposed the Minimum Support Price, where farmers wanted their representation. The government letter, accessed by NDTV, shows that the government has agreed to this.
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The government has also said cases against farmers nationwide will be withdrawn. The amnesty will extend to complaints about the burning of straw, which contributes to the customary winter haze across Delhi and surrounding areas.
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The government will also bring the Electricity Amendment Bill to Parliament after discussing it with Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, a consortium of more than 40 farmer unions.
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Compensation will also be given to the families of farmers killed. Farmers say more than 700 people have died in protests that have raged across the country since last year. Many have died at Ground Zero – the border of Delhi – unable to bear the brutal winters and summers.
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The main need of the farmers – what drove them from Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to Delhi last year, in the face of police batons and water cannons – are the three agricultural laws that have been passed by the Centre.
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The statutes were repealed on the first day of the Winter Session of Congress on November 29, the repeal bill passed both houses without practically any discussion.
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The resolution of the unprecedented protest came after months of confrontation between the two sides, the involvement of the courts and a series of final government turns months before a string of elections. important state elections. The protests have affected campaigning in states restricted to the poll, with angry protesters barring the entry of leaders and disrupting meetings.
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For the government, which has been fiercely protective of the agricultural law for about two years, it is a big deal. In his address to the nation on the anniversary of Guru Nanak’s birth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “While apologizing to the nation, I would like to say with a sincere and pure heart that there may be something missing in our tapasya (dedication). It is impossible to explain the truth, as clear as the light of a diya lamp, to some of our peasant brothers.”
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