The Punjab farmers who claimed to protest peacefully against the Farm Bill passed by the central government have in reality become very insensitive to the common man’s life in Delhi. Their protests have disrupted the normal life by sitting in the middle of the roads and protesting. They have called for as nationwide Bandh on Tuesday.
Despite the fact that the government has called them for talks, there has been no breakthrough so far.
The farmers said they will occupy all highway toll gates across the country and not allow the government to collect tolls as part of the December 8 strike. “More people will join our movement,” Harinder Singh Lakhowal, a leader of one of the protesting groups, told a news conference.
The farmer groups said that in their talks with the government they have asked for the withdrawal of the three laws that they say will leave them at the mercy of large corporations and override safeguards against being cheated.
Announcing the escalation of their protest, the farmers said they will take to burning effigies on Saturday.
“We see the government agreeing to our demands on the clauses about electricity use and penalties for stubble burning,” Mr Lakhowal said.
