The bench noted that we have suggested to the advocate general and the AAG of Punjab and Haryana respectively to submit the proposed issues, which will be the subject matter of reference for the committee to be constituted by this court.
Shambhu border blockade: The Supreme Court was hearing an appeal against the July 10 Punjab and Haryana High Court order by which it had directed it to open the highway and clear the barricading within seven days.
Last week, the Haryana government had moved the Supreme Court challenging the high court order asking it to remove within a week the barricades at the Shambhu border near Ambala where farmers have been camping since February 13.
The Haryana government in its appeal, filed in the Supreme Court through advocate Akshay Amritanshu, cited the law and order situation for the blockade.
The top court was hearing a plea of the Haryana government challenging a March 7 Punjab and Haryana HC decision to set up a committee headed by a former HC judge to probe farmer Shubhkaran Singh's death during a clash between the protesting farmers and Haryana security personnel in February.
The KMM leader said that the farmers want to pose questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Patiala visit on Thursday and if they are not given access, they will hold a dharna. PM Modi will start his poll campaign in the state by holding his first rally in Patiala on May 23.
After a month-long protest on the railway tracks at Shambhu border, farmers in Punjab, led by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, have decided to clear the area, ending severe disruptions to railway traffic. However, they plan to intensify their agitation by staging protests outside the homes of BJP leaders.
The diverted trains will either go via Jakhal-Dhuri-Ludhiana or via Ambala Cantt-Chandigarh-New Morinda-Sirhind-Sanehwal and follow a similar route in the Down direction, an official said.
Farmers protest: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march to press the govt to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price for crops and a farm loan waiver.
Aaj Ki Baat: Will the farmers'movement end tomorrow?
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha lead the "Delhi Chalo" agitation, pressing for demands such as a law on minimum support price for crops and loan waivers. The ongoing protests intensify amid heavy security measures.
Amid the ongoing farmers' protest causing chaotic scenes at the Punjab-Haryana border, fuel supply to Punjab was disrupted. Government sources told news agency ANI that there was a fifty per cent reduction in diesel dispatches and a twenty per cent reduction in gas dispatches to Punjab.
As farmers begun a nine-hour hunger strike from 8 am to 5 pm on Monday, the Congress is setting up a separate stage, podium at Shambhu border in protest against the agricultural laws.
Top News
Latest News
