Even after the announcement of repeal of all the three agricultural laws, which proved to be helpful for the farmers, the way the farmer organizations were adamant on continuing their agitation and harassing the people through it, it is nothing but a display of stubbornness. After all, when the Prime Minister had announced the formation of a committee on the issue of Minimum Support Price, then what was the point of presenting other new demands along with insisting on making a law on it? It was evident from their intention that as the government accepted their demands, they would continue to present new demands. Now, along with making absurd demands like withdrawing the Air Quality Bill, including the Electricity Bill, they were also demanding a memorial to the farmers who died during their agitation and a hefty compensation to their families. They were claiming that in the past one year, more than 700 farmers died during the sit-in protests. There was no denying that some farmers may have died due to cold, disease and especially the pandemic, but there was no point in giving their number as seven hundred. Did the farmer leaders want to say that about two farmers died every day? was there any documentary evidence in support of this claim? The question was also whether these farmers died due to the lathi (sticks) and bullets of the police? In fact, the atmosphere that was being created that more than seven hundred farmers died during the peasant movement seemed to be more than facts. The reason behind creating such an atmosphere was more than an attempt to forcibly prolong the movement. Peasant leaders already sacrificed the interests of small and medium farmers of the country. They could not be allowed to do more damage to agriculture and farmers. This was not a good sign that they were not only ready to stick to the streets, but were also preparing to march to Parliament. This preparation only showed that the opposition political parties were giving air to the farmers’ organizations. In fact, the intention was to gain some political gain. In the assembly elections, the farmer organizations kept on dharna (protest) demonstration. It is clear that the unbridled peasant movement still remains a challenge for the central government.
