Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expresses shock at farmers' demise during stir, blames Centre

On Saturday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vra lashed out at Centre for allegedly showing gross insensitivity towards protesting farmers. From what started as a scheduled protest in national capital on vember 26 and 27, 2020, thousands of farmers are still protesting at borders of Delhi against  Farmers' Produce Tre and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020,  Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and  Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

Expressing shock at  demise of 57 farmers at protest site, she also claimed that hundreds of or protesters are unwell. According to her, Union government was responsible for  plight of farmers as it h refused to accept ir demands. 

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Farmers unions' threaten to scale up protests

During deliberations held on Wednesday, Centre agreed t to penalise farmers for stubble burning and to continue present mechanism of giving subsided electricity for agricultural use. Maintaining that talks were held in a cordial atmosphere, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar appealed to farmer leers to send home elderly, women and children given chilly winter season. Meanwhile, unions rejected Centre's offer to form a committee to examine agrarian laws.  next round of discussions on January 4 will focus on three farm laws and MSP. 

dressing a press conference on Friday, Sanyukt Kisan Morcha warned that it will take firm steps if Centre failed to accept its main demands in January 4 meeting. Refuting tion that 50 per cent of issues have been resolved, Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yav stressed that Union government was yet to agree to scrapping of farm laws and legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price. In scenario that next round of talks does t yield desired outcome, he declared that farmers will conduct a march on  Kundli-Manesar-Palwal highway on January 6.

Moreover, he ded that an awareness campaign shall be carried out throughout country from January 6-20. Speaking to media, Haryana farmer leer Vikas Sisar threatened that all malls and petrol pumps will be shut down in Haryana and protests shall be organised against BJP and JJP leers if Centre does t respond positively to unions. ditionally, unions have indicated that y will hold a tractor pare in Delhi on Republic Day. 

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