After reaching to an agreement with the government on all the issues, by December 11-12, the ‘home return’ of the agitated farmers will be completed.
The United Kisan Morcha has decided two days to return home. During this, the Punjab government will welcome the farmers. The farmers started leaving for Punjab on 11th December at 9 am. From Tikri border, farmers will go to Punjab via Patiala, Mansa.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi had announced on Friday that his government will welcome the farmers returning from the borders of Delhi.
On the Ghazipur border, Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that ‘a large group of farmers will vacate the area tomorrow morning at eight o’clock. Our farmers have started returning home and it will take four to five days. I will leave for my home on 15th December. In today’s meeting, we will talk and pray. Along with this, we will meet those people who helped us'.
At the same time, farmers with 500 tractors and trolleys from Punjab and Haryana have reached Kundli. On Thursday, the United Kisan Morcha has announced the suspension of the agitation after agreeing with the government and announced its withdrawal on Saturday. Meanwhile, the farmers had started returning from Thursday itself, which continued on Friday as well.
On 26 November 2020, the movement by farmers on Singhu and Tikri borders started. There are many farmers, who remained here from the very first day of the movement, and some farmers were going to their homes and coming back to the border. During this protest, 700 farmers also died due to different reasons. However, the government in Parliament denied this and said that they have no such record.
Regarding the Minimum Support Price (MSP), the farmer leaders wanted a written promise from the government and after several meetings, the government has given a proposal to the United Kisan Morcha. After this, the announcement was made to end the movement.
On 19th November, on the 552nd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Devji, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the cancellation of all three agriculture bills.
After this, several meetings of the United Kisan Morcha were held on the Singhu border, and in this meeting, issues like Minimum Support Price (MSP) and withdrawal of cases filed against farmers were discussed.
With the return of the farmers, the route up to eight kilometers on the Kundli border will be cleared. More than 50 percent of the farmers have already returned. It is believed that after three days of minor repairs, the service lanes on both sides of GT Road can be made operational. This will give relief to the drivers.
