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"Jhoota hain ye"
Farmers at Tikri Kalan protest site on the furthest reaches of a west Delhi metro line celebrate, but tell @iyerkavi they
won’t return to their villages. Nobody trusts #Modi govt & want more clarity on parliamentary process before they leave

“We’ve been called Khalistani, Talibani, terrorist, sometimes it’s been said this is a Jat protest, Sikh protest…The PM of this nation today had to ask forgiveness from farmers, we have learned how to take out country forward, together.” : Meet Mann

Mann, 41, gen secy of Zamindara Students Organisation, that runs the biggest langar at the Tikri protest site, has been here since nov 26, 2020, returning home to a village 50 km away in Jhajjar, Haryana only 5 or 6 times for a single night.

Guru Nanak Jayanti celebrations begin cautiously on stage at the Tikri Kalan protest site, where tractors and trolleys stretch out for about 15 km from the border point towards Bahadurgarh and Rohtak

The langars are running full steam & despite #Modi's speech to the nation announcing a repeal of the farm laws, no one is leaving the protest here in Tikri Kalan today until the details are clear. More than 700 farmers have died during the protests #Farmlawsrepealed

Delhi lawyer Amarveer Bhullar, son of a farmer, on the status of the Jan 26 tractor rally cases. He is representing many arrested. “About 25 FIRs filed, about 172 arrested (accusations range from attempt to murder to armed robbery)…many tractors are still seized (by police)…”

...if we ask the police to release the tractors, they immediately send notices asking (tractor owners) to join the investigation. So we need to keep moving anticipatory bail. This is the situation today. There has been no chargesheet except in the Red Fort case."

The speeches continue on the stage at Tikri Kalan. Sanyukt Kisan morcha leaders have put out a statement saying they welcome the decision, but the fight is not over. “Remember that our demands on MSP, among others, continue to remain unaddressed,” says a statement in Hindi.

Jagmati Sangwan, activist, on the pending demand of Minimum Support Price. The general consensus is that without #MSP this is not a real victory.

“We thank all who helped us but not the PM…it was his responsibility, his duty, There will be no thank you to Modi or his govt.” Ruldu Singh Mansa, member of core team Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, state pres of Punjab Kisan Union and nat pres of All India Kisan Mahasabha.

. @iyerkavi capturing the scenes at Tikri #FarmLaws