Shambhu border: SC forms high-level committee to resolve grievances of protesting farmers | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has formed a high-level committee to hold talks with protesting farmers at the Shambhu border and address their concerns.
The court acknowledged the significant trust deficit between the government and farmers, recognizing that resolving the issues will require time. The committee has been instructed to initiate talks within a week and identify the key issues that need to be addressed.
A bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan were hearing petition filed by Haryana government against an order of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to remove the blockade at the Shambhu border.
The Supreme Court urged the farmers to keep politics out of the discussions and concentrate on the challenges they are facing. The Haryana government had erected barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway in February after the ‘Samyukta Kisan Morcha’ (Non-Political) and ‘Kisan Mazdoor Morcha’ announced that farmers would march to Delhi in support of their demands, including legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.