Supreme Court instates high-powered committee to negotiate with farmers protesting at Shambhu border
‘We caution the agitating farmers to keep themselves at a safe distance from the political parties, political issues,’ the bench said.
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The Supreme Court on Monday set up a high-powered committee to resolve the grievances of farmers protesting at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana, reported PTI.
The committee will be headed by Justice Nawab Singh, a former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Supreme Court bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan instructed the committee to hold its first meeting within a week.
The court was hearing the Haryana government’s petition challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s July 10 order to open the Shambhu border, which has been closed to public transport for over five months.
The border was heavily blockaded in February to stop protesting farmers from marching to Delhi. The protestors have since occupied the area and obstructed a national highway.
On Monday, the court urged the protestors to remove their tractors and trolleys from the site to relieve commuters, reported Live Law. It also asked the farmers not to engage with political parties.
“We caution the agitating farmers to keep themselves at a safe distance from the political parties, political issues, and not to insist on such demands which are not feasible to be accepted outrightly,” said the bench.
It added: “Those who are aware of the ground reality of both the states, we have tried to make a balanced composition, the...
