Farmers seek PM Modi's intervention: Allow us to peacefully march towards Delhi

The General Secretary of Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Committee Sarwan Singh Pandher on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modiled central government to discuss their issues or allow farmers to proceed to Delhi to hold a protest peacefullyWe are saying that it is also the Prime Ministers responsibility we too have voted to make him the PM of the country This country belongs to everyone the PM belongs to everyone He should come forward and handle the situation and fulfil our demands Sarwan Singh Pandher said while addressing a joint press conference with other farmer leaders at the Shambhu border on Wednesday morningWe tried our best attended meetings and every point was discussed Now the decision has to be taken by the Centre The Prime Minister should come forward and accept our demands Rs 152 lakh crore is not a very big amountabout 60 per cent of the farmers are dependent on it If farm labourers are added it constitutes 80 per cent of the countrys population then our best effort is to remain peaceful he saidHe urged the Prime Minister to end this deadlock and let the farmers protest democratically Or if the Center feels like this it seems that right now they are having doubts about accepting the demand so we say Prime Minister it is your responsibility to protect the Constitution you protect the Constitution please open this gate and allow us to go to Delhi to protest peacefully It will also end this deadlock of the farmers and labourers the farmer leader saidHe further urged the Prime Minister to decide on the MSP guarantee law and calm the situation We request the Central Government with folded hands that you join us sit down and solve our issues All our demands have been discussed one by one Now is the time to make a decision If the Head of State of the Central Government comes forward and says that we are ready to make the MSP Guarantee Law this can be taken further and the situation can be calmed down he saidThe farmer leader criticised the centres way of handling the protest using paramilitary forces As we see we will remain peaceful from our side but what we are seeing is that through paramilitary forces the centre will celebrate Holi with the blood of farmers and labourers Pandher saidThere are soldiers on the other side and farmers on this side they are also family So we do not want any such thing to happen that will show sad pictures to the country So we wont force any attack from our side we will remain peaceful now the ball is in the centres court on what decision to take on the future he addedAddressing the press conference farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said that the central government complaining about not getting enough time is not right as the protest call was made in November last year while alleging it to be neglecting the farmersLook as Saheb Pandher said our intention is not to create any kind of unrest nor do we want to create any issue but the thing is that we have made a program to go to Delhi It has not been made today we gave a call for protest on November 7 and from then till today if the government says that they dont have enough time then I feel that this is the policy of the government to neglect us Dallewal saidA decision should be taken in favour of the farmers and labourers The farmers of the country have made the country selfdependent and have worked hard day and night around 7 lakh farmers have died by suicide to date but even in such circumstances instead of talking to the farmers the government makes such arrangements as to erect such huge barricades to stop the farmers then it would not be appropriate he saidDallewal further urged the government to remove the barricades and allow the farmers to proceed to DelhiWe want to march to Delhi peacefully The government should remove the barricades and allow us to go and make arrangements for us to sit there we have no problem he saidIf the government wants to do so then it should accept our demands He is the Prime Minister of our country our government which sits there in Delhi and makes big decisions for our entire country for the people Today he should tell farmers that the govt is ready to make a law to guarantee the purchase of their crops Dallewal saidHe further said that the farmers are calm and will remain calm We are calm there is no need for anyone to ask the farmers to remain calm the farmers are already completely calm Dallewal saidThe march which was put on hold was resumed on Wednesday morning The farmers have raised various demands including an ordinance on ensuring legal guarantees for MSPs and loan waiversThe two sides ministers and farmer leaders had met earlier on February 8 12 15 18 and 19 but talks remained inconclusiveThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without 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