New Delhi: Two days ahead of the Supreme Court’s hearing on the ongoing farmers’ agitation, a farmers’ union on Saturday urged the top court to withdraw the three members of the committee set up by it on January 12 to resolve the impasse over the three contentious farm laws and appoint members who are impartial, not aligned with any political party and have the trust and goodwill of the farmers.
The plea by Bhartiya Kisan Union (Lokshakti) also sought the presence of a former top court judge on the reconstituted committee.
The plea seeks the removal of three members — Dr Parmod Kumar Joshi, Ashok Gulati, and Anil Ghanwat — in its reply to the Centre’s application filed on January 11 seeking to stop the agitating farmers from taking out a tractor kisan rally at Delhi’s Ramlila ground on Republic Day.
Bhupinder Singh Mann, national president of Bhartiya Kisan Union and All India Kisan Coordination Committee, has already recused himself from the committee stating…