‘Farmers’ unions should be neutral’
In an interview with Ranjeet Jamwal, Sukhdev said the farmers will soon relaunch the agitation against the Centre as the key promises made to the SKM remain unfulfilled.
In an interview with Ranjeet Jamwal, Sukhdev said the farmers will soon relaunch the agitation against the Centre as the key promises made to the SKM remain unfulfilled.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a consortium of 100-odd farmers' unions from across India, 15 trade unions and several political parties have jointly called a Bharat Bandh from 6 a.m. till 4 p.m. on Monday to mark the first anniversary of what they termed as a 'Black Day' when the President of India had given his assent to the three farm laws last year.
However, farmers are not in a mood to stretch the protest here and have decided to meet on Saturday where all unions' leadership will participate and decide their actions ahead.
In the internal discussion of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, the members decided that wanted a full repeal of the three farm laws and a legislation for minimum support price (MSP), for which the farmers have been protesting at the Delhi borders, which entered its 58th day.
They said that only five per cent of the issues raised by them have so far been discussed in meetings with the government.
