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Farmers' march
Protesters, Centre must find common ground on farm laws
T
HE farmers' agitation against the farm laws, enacted by the Cen-
tre in late September despite stiff opposition, has entered a poten-
tially make-or-break phase. Even as the Union Government has
invited farmers' organisations to the Capital for talks on December 3, the
protesters - predominantly from Punjab-are bent on taking out a two-
day 'Delhi Chalo' march. Fearing a massive influx of farmers, the BJP-
led government in Haryana has sealed the state's border with Punjab
and imposed Section 144 of the CrPC, besides swooping down on kisan
leaders. The developments have raised the spectre of a nasty showdown,
pitting the BJP against the farming community as well as the Opposition.
The utter disconnect between the two sides has been a major obsta-
cle. The protesters have tried to dictate their terms to the Centre, tak-
ing a call on which trains would ply and which won't. The railway
authorities, in turn, insisted on unrestricted and unconditional pas-
sage for all trains. Both the state government and the Railways
incurred heavy losses due to the disruption of rail services. Earlier this
week, the farmer bodies did make a concession, albeit for a 15-day peri-
od, ending the two-month-long suspension of train movement that had
hit the supply of coal, fertilisers and other essential goods to Punjab.
Ruling out the revocation of the 'pro-farmer' laws, the Centre has
been slow to gauge the gravity of the situation. In the past two months,
the government has held only two rounds of talks with the farm unions;
on both occasions, the deliberations remained inconclusive. On October
14, the farmers walked out of a meeting with the agriculture secretary,
complaining that no minister was present to hear them out. Finally, on
November 13, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Agriculture Minister
Narendra Singh Tomar met the union leaders, but to no avail. The Cen-
tre needs to proactively engage with the stakeholders and address their
concerns. And the protesting farmers should realise that they might run
out of popular support soon if they are perceived to be a public nuisance
and a disruptive force. Confining themselves to the negotiating table,
instead of blocking rail tracks and roads, is their best bet.​

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