Observing that farmers’ protest should not be politicised, the Supreme Court on Monday constituted a high-powered committee headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nawab Singh to amicably resolve the grievances of farmers agitating at the Shambhu border.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the five-member committee to convene its first meeting within a week and reach out to the agitating farmers to persuade them to immediately remove their tractors, trolleys etc. From the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana to provide relief to commuters. Both the Punjab and Haryana Governments will be free to give suggestions to the committee, it added.
The farmers are agitating over a plethora of demands including legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.
“We hope and trust that one of the major demands of the agitating farmers regarding constitution of a neutral high-powered committee having been accepted with the consent of both the States, they will immediately respond to the request of the high-powered committee and will vacate the Shambhu border or the other roads connecting the two States without any delay.
