Make Farm Laws Report Public For 'Peaceful Resolution': SC Panel Member Urges CJI NV Ramana

Ghanwat in his letter said he is pained that the issue raised by the farmers aren't yet resolved and the agitation is continuing.

Farmers during their protest march against the central government's three farm reform laws, in Karnal, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (PTI Photo)

New Delhi: With the farmers escalating their protest, Anil Ghanwat, one of the members of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, has written to Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana and urged him to make public the report submitted on the matter for “peaceful resolution of the stalemate”.

“I am humbly pleading to the Hon'ble Supreme Court to kindly release the report for implementations of its recommendations for peaceful resolution of the stalemate to the farmers' satisfaction at the earliest,” he wrote, NDTV reported.

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Ghanwat in his letter said he is pained that the issue raised by the farmers aren't yet resolved and the agitation is continuing.

“As a member of the Committee, especially representing the farmers' community, I am pained that the issue raised by the farmers aren't yet resolved and the agitation is continuing,” he wrote.

Ghanwat said the committee had incorporated opinions and suggestions from all stakeholders.

Stating the report has addressed “all apprehensions of the farmers”, the agriculture economist added “the Committee was confident that the recommendations will pave the way to resolve the on-going farmers’ agitation”.

The panel, which held several consultations with eminent academicians and agri-professionals besides farmers’ organizations, submitted its report earlier in March this year.

The Supreme Court had earlier on January 12 stayed the implementation of the three farm laws and asked the committee to submit a report within two months after consulting the concerned stakeholders.

The farmers mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been since November last year demanding that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020, be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee minimum support price for crops.

Several rounds of talks between the farmers and the government have failed to break the deadlock.