As many as 30 farmers’ unions have decided to attend the meeting with the Centre on Friday and jointly demand that the three Agriculture Laws be revoked.
The prime agenda of the meeting with Agriculture Minister NS Tomar and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal is to ask them to lift the “economic blockade” of Punjab by starting the rail services.
“This will be the primary meeting. We don’t think much will come out of one meeting,” said Harmeet Singh Qadian, president, BKU Qadian.
Speaking on behalf of the 30 unions that are jointly protesting against the Agriculture Laws, Qadian said the very fact that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had withdrawn from being a part of the meeting and that the Centre (using Delhi police) had denied farmers’ the permission to hold a protest in Delhi on November 26 and 27, showed their intent.
Rajinder Singh Deepsinghwala of the Krantikari Kisan Union said it had been decided that thousands of farmers from Punjab would now move to gherao Delhi in tractors on November 26 and 27.
“We will light torches on Diwali as a sign of our ‘sangharsh’”, he said, adding that the festival of lights would be celebrated denying the demand of a “black Diwali” to be observed.
