Farmers have the right to protest, but the road cannot be blocked: Supreme

New Delhi, Dt
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the United Farmers Union in a hearing on roads closed due to a peasant agitation against the new agricultural law. The Supreme Court said on Thursday that farmers have the right to protest, but they cannot block roads indefinitely. At the same time, the apex court asked the farmers' organizations to clear the roads on the Delhi border. The central government and the farmers blamed each other for blocking the roads at this time.
The apex court had asked the farmers' associations to respond by the next hearing and fixed the next hearing of the case for December 9. Farmers' organizations accused the police of blocking the roads, saying the roads were blocked by the police, not the farmers. Police have set up barricades to stop the movement of people. However, the central government questioned the motive behind the agitation. Judge S. That. Kaul, presiding over the bench, said during the hearing that he was not against the right to protest, but why farmers are protesting when agricultural laws have been challenged in court. This problem must be solved somehow.
Judge M. like this. "Farmers have the right to protest in any way," Sundaresh said. But they can't block the road like this indefinitely. People have the right to go on the road. The issue in this case is limited, the Supreme Court said. Can protesters block roads? We are only interested in this issue. Dushyant Dave, a senior advocate from farmers' organizations, sought permission to allow farmers to stage demonstrations at Ramlila Maidan and Jantar Mantar.
Meanwhile, Rakesh Tikait, national spokesperson of the Indian Farmers' Union, along with fellow protesters, removed the tent from the Ghazipur border following a Supreme Court order. This time, he said, the road was blocked by police, not peasant protesters. We have removed all our belongings from the road. He added that if the police removed the barricades, the farmers would want to go to Delhi. The farmers added that even though we have removed all the items we will not go anywhere from here until the agricultural laws are removed.
Meanwhile, another violent incident has taken place after the killing of Lakhbir Singh on the Singhu border, the largest center of the peasant movement. Nihango made a fatal attack on Manoj Paswan. While Paswan was taking his chickens, Nihango asked for free chickens. But refusing to pass, Nihango attacked him and broke his leg. Police have arrested a Nihang after the incident.