Farmers’ Body Says Govt Didn’t Fulfil Promises, Warns Of Protests

Mumbai: Farmers’ body Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday accused the Centre of not delivering on the promises made to them in exchange for withdrawing from protests last year.

In the national meeting of the representatives of all the farmer organizations associated with SKM held in Ghaziabad on Sunday, three important decisions were taken regarding the farmers’ movement.

In a statement issued by the SKM, the farmers’ organization claimed that neither the committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) has been constituted nor the “false” cases registered against farmers during the agitation have been withdrawn.

It also accused the government of not being ready to consider the biggest demand of farmers – the legal guarantee on MSP.

In protest against this alleged “betrayal” by the government, “protest against betrayal” public meetings will be organized at the district level from the beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament on July 18 till July 31 — the martyrdom day of Shaheed Udham Singh — across the country, the SKM said in its statement.

SKM has also announced that at the end of this campaign Chakka Jam will be organized on all major highways across the country from 11 am to 3 pm on 31st July.

It has also been decided in the meeting that agricultural organizations will mobilize unemployed youth and ex-servicemen against the Agneepath Military Recruitment Scheme, which is “anti-national and anti-youth as well as anti-farmer”.

“To expose the Agnipath scheme, ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ conferences will be organized across the country from August 7 to August 14, in which ex-servicemen and unemployed youth will also be invited,” the statement read.

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