States »NortPosted at: May 22 2021 4:13PM Mann, Chadha urge PM to resume talks with farmers
Chandigarh, May 22 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab president Bhagwant Mann and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha on Saturday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to resume talks with the farmers’ leaders opposing the agricultural reform laws.
In a letter to the Prime Minister, the AAP leaders said that the farmers of Punjab along with various other states had been protesting on the Delhi borders, for the last six months against the withdrawal of three agriculture laws made by the Union government. They said that the farmers had so far lost 470 of their fellows during this struggle which was very unfortunate and painful.
"The government has not made any attempt to negotiate with the farmers since January 22, 2021, which is not in the interest of the farmers and the entire nation,” they averred.
The AAP leaders said that the farmers are the backbone of the country and without agriculture this country could not be imagined. They said that even during the current Covid pandemic, there had been a sharp decline in all sectors except agriculture. “With the strengthening of the agricultural sector, the rural infrastructure of Punjab and the rest of the country has survived,” they added.
They further said that the farmers of the country, who were rendering their services by replenishing the foodgrains of the country and in every field, had to protest for their demands at the cost of their lives during the Covid pandemic. “Concerned about their future, the country's farmers, including the elderly, children and women, have left their homes and settled on the borders of Delhi, which is also against human rights,” they added.
They reiterated their demand of repealing the three laws.
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