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Over 850 Academics Sign Open Letter In Support Of Farm Laws

Jan 2, 2021 | Pratirodh Bureau

FILE PHOTO: Farmers are seen at the site of a protest against the farm bills, at Singhu border near Delhi on December 2, 2020. The Congress has questioned Prime Minister Modi's silence on the non-fulfilment of his promise of doubling farmers' income by 2022

More than 850 faculty members of various educational institutions across the country have come forward with a signature campaign in support of three contentious farm laws, against which thousands of farmers have been protesting on the borders of the national capital for over a month.

In an open letter, these individuals have said they strongly believe in the government’s assurance to farmers that their livelihood would be protected and that food would not be taken away from their plates.

“… We stand in solidarity with both the government and the farmers and salute their intense efforts,” the letter said.

They further said that the new laws would free farm trade from all restrictions and enable farmers to conduct all transactions at competitive prices.

“The Union government has repeatedly assured the farmers that these three bills on farm trade wouldn’t do away with Minimum Support Price (MSP), but rather free the farm trade from all illicit market restrictions, open the market beyond ‘mandis’ and further assist the small and marginal farmers to sell their produce at market/competitive prices,” the letter signed by 866 persons said.

These included faculty members and other functionaries of Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University and Jawaharlal Nehru University, among other educational institutions.

Six rounds of talks between the government and nearly 40 protesting unions have so far failed to end the agitation on various Delhi borders for over a month by thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh.

Some common ground was reached in the last meeting on Wednesday on two demands — decriminalisation of stubble burning and continuation of power subsidies — but no breakthrough has been reached so far on the two main demands of the protesting farmers — repeal of the three farm laws and legal guarantee of MSP procurement system.

Enacted in September 2020, the government has presented these laws as major farm ‘reforms’ and aimed at increasing farmers’ income, but protesting farmers have raised concerns that these legislations would weaken the MSP and mandi systems and leave them at the mercy of large corporates.

The government has maintained that these apprehensions are misplaced and has ruled out repealing the laws.

While several opposition parties and people from other walks of life have come out in support of the farmers, some farmer groups have also met Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar over the last few weeks to extend their support for the three laws.

Tags: agriculture, Farm Laws 2020, farmers' protests, minimum support price, MSP, Pratirodh

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