Escalation is not in anyone’s interest
The death of a young farmer in a clash with Haryana police on Wednesday escalated more than a week of conflict between farmers. According to unconfirmed reports, farmer Shubhkaran Singh was killed by tear gas.
Thousands of protesting farmers were stopped by Haryana police while they were on their way to Delhi for the 'Dilli Chalo' march and were camping in Khanauri and Shambhu. They fought back with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, threats and other restrictions.
Farmers suspended their strike for two days following the death of young farmers. There was support for both sides to take steps to ensure farmers' demands are not compromised, including at least legal recognition of the purchase of goods at a reasonable price. Four meetings were held between the government and farmers but no success was achieved. Farmers did not accept the government's proposal to introduce MSP for cash crops and purchase pulses (tur, urad and Masoor), maize and cotton crops at MSP for five years.
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