New Delhi: Farmer leaders welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to stay the implementation of three farm laws on Tuesday, but said they would not call off their protest until the legislations are repealed.
The Sankyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of around 40 protesting farmer unions, has called a meeting later in the day to decide the next course of action.
The farmer leaders said they are not willing to participate in any proceedings before a committee appointed by the Supreme Court, but a formal decision on this will be taken by the Morcha.
“We welcome the court’s order to stay the implementation of the farm laws, but we want a complete repeal of these laws,” Abhimanyu Kohar, a senior leader of the Morcha, told PTI.
Another farmer leader, Harinder Lokhwal, said the protest will continue until the contentious farm laws are repealed.
The Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the controversial farm laws till further orders on Tuesday and decided to set up a committee to resolve the impasse between the Centre and the farmers’ unions protesting at Delhi’s borders over the legislations.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said it will pass an order to this effect.
The committee will look into the farmers’ grievances against the three laws.
Thousands of farmers, mostly from Haryana and Punjab, have been protesting at several border points of Delhi since November 28 last year, demanding a repeal of the three laws and a legal guarantee on the minimum support price for their crops.
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Even the SC today while handing out the stay repeatedly mentioned about its powers and the limited duration of stay. “Stay with an empty purpose” was a very apt line used by the SC today. Only a matter of time now that the deceit and duplicity of a section of so called farmers would be called out.
Why do we need elections or parliament…if laws can be framed by mobs…
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Lynching for quick justice… same mentality…
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Why do we need parliament to frame any laws at the first place…
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Janata hai na…raaste me hoga…fighting elections is difficult i guess…
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India is surely at a cross road… to understand democracy and why elections at the first place…