Leaders of farmer unions on Wednesday demanded that the government convene a special session of Parliament to abolish the contentious agricultural laws, and warned they would take more steps if the Centre fails to meet their demands, PTI reported.
“The Centre should call a special session of Parliament to repeal the three farm laws,” Krantikari Kisan Union President Darshan Pal said. He also called for burning of effigies throughout the country to protest against the Modi government and corporate houses on December 5.
Pal accused the Centre of trying to to sow discord among various farmer unions. “The government tried to show this is only the movement of farmers in Punjab,” he told reporters at Singhu on the Delhi-Haryana border, according to NDTV. “We have also decided farmer leaders from all over the country, not just Punjab, should be called for talks.”
Protests against the contentious farm laws completed a week on Wednesday as hundred and thousands of…