Farmers protesting at the Delhi Gazipur border are vacating a section of service road under the flyover to allow public vehicles to pass. The service lane part of the road leads from Ghaziabad to Delhi, where farmers built a media center. Farmers can only sit on the upper part of the overpass.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court stated that farmers protesting the three farm laws on the Delhi border have the right to agitate, but they cannot block roads indefinitely. The bench headed by Justice SK Kaul stated that even when the legal challenge is pending, he does not oppose the right to protest, but in the end some solution must be found.
“Farmers have the right to protest, but they cannot block the roads indefinitely. You can instigate in any way, but the roads should not be blocked like this. People have the right to go on the roads, but they cannot be blocked,” the bench added, including Justice MM Sundresh said.
The Supreme Court required the farmers’ union as a party to the case to respond to this issue within three weeks and announced the matter for hearing on December 7. The Supreme Court is hearing PIL Agarwal filed by Monica Agarwal, a resident of Noida, complaining about daily commuting delays due to road closures due to continued farmers’ protests.
Since November last year, thousands of farmers in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been at the three border points in Delhi-Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur-against their claims that the minimum support price will be abolished. The three agricultural laws of the system have led them to be at the mercy of large companies.
More than 10 rounds of negotiations with the government have been formulating laws for major agricultural reforms, but they have failed to break the deadlock between the two parties. Although the Supreme Court has shelved these three laws, the farmers still insisted on their demands.
Earlier on January 26, the tractor parade in Delhi aimed to emphasize the farmers’ union’s request for the abolition of the three agricultural laws, and fell into anarchy on the streets of the capital. Thousands of protesters broke through obstacles and fought with the police. The vehicle was overturned and a religious flag was raised from the wall of the iconic Red Fort.
News source: India TV
