Amid the ongoing deadlock between the Punjab Farmers unions of the Center and Punjab, protesting farmers have announced to celebrate ‘Kali Diwali’ against ‘black’ agricultural laws on Saturday.
Their day-long talks held in Delhi on Friday ended without a decision.
“We will light a torch to demonstrate our struggle on the night of Diwali,” said a statement by BKU Ekta (Dakonda). Punjab Farmers will celebrate Kali Diwali as a protest.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh welcomed the positive sentiment in which farmer unions and the Center discussed agricultural laws and other related issues on Friday.
Describing it as constructive development, the Chief Minister said that for the first time in the meeting, the two sides got an opportunity to talk in an open environment and hoped that this would pave the way to break the deadlock on this issue.
He said the fact is that both sides agreed to come to a table and find a solution.
The Chief Minister hoped that the internal discussion of farmer unions on November 18, before another meeting with the central government on November 21, would help identify concrete ways and means for the various points raised in Friday’s extensive discussions.
Singh said that Punjab has suffered huge economic losses due to the Kovid-19 epidemic and the current crisis created by the Central Agricultural Laws has also severely affected the state’s economic situation. Emphasizing the immediate resolution of the matter, he said that early resolution is in everyone’s interest.
