Punjab’s farmers on Wednesday burnt copies of the Centre’s three new farm laws at several places on the festival of Lohri as a mark of protest.
The harvest festival of Lohri is celebrated in Punjab, Haryana and other parts of north India and Bonfires are an important part of the festivities.
Protesting farmers owing allegiance to different farm bodies held protest at many places in the state and burnt copies of the new agriculture laws.
Farmers also shouted slogans against the BJP-led Centre and slammed the government for not acceding to their demands. They demanded that the new farms laws should be repealed.
Farmers, including women, under the banner of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee held a protest at Pandher Kalan village in Amritsar.
Farmers also burnt copies of the new farm laws at many places, including Hoshiarpur, Sangrur and Kapurthala on the festival of Lohri.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday had stayed the implementation of the controversial new farm laws till further orders and decided to set up a four-member committee to resolve the impasse over them between the Centre and farmers’ unions protesting at Delhi borders. A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde and comprising Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, said that it was concerned about solving the problem. The ‘Delhi Chalo’ farmers’ protest at border points of New Delhi has entered the 49th day today. The protest had started on November 26.
