The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have referred to as for a “rail roko” protest on Sunday over their varied calls for.
Farmer chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal urged the Centre not to run away from its duty of giving authorized assure for MSP on all crops as farmers put together for the proposed “rail roko” protest on Sunday to press for his or her calls for.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have referred to as for a “rail roko” protest on Sunday over their varied calls for.
Citing studies, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) chief Jagit Dallewal rejected the Centre’s plan to undertake assured procurement of pulses (tur, urad, and masoor), maize, and cotton on the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Speaking to reporters, Mr Dallewal asserted that farmers should be given MSP on all crops for his or her survival beneath the “C2 plus 50 per cent” formulation advisable by the Swaminathan Commission. He additionally rejected claims that MSP on all crops would contain an enormous outlay.
Mr Dallewal mentioned the federal government is importing palm oil value ₹ 1.38 lakh crore however can’t spend on farmers by giving them MSP on all crops.
“The government should not run away from its responsibility. To save the country’s farmers, a law on MSP should be enacted,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha chief Sarwan Singh Pandher instructed reporters that the protesting farmers will squat on railway tracks at a number of locations in Punjab, together with Ferozepur, Amritsar, Rupnagar, and Gurdaspur districts.
The Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan), Bharti Kisan Union (Dakaunda-Dhaner), and the Krantikari Kisan Union – farmers’ bodies a part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha – may also take part within the “rail roko” agitation.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha shouldn’t be a part of the “Delhi Chalo” call however has prolonged its help to the protesting farmers tenting on the Shambhu and the Khanauri borders.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha are spearheading the “Delhi Chalo” march to press the federal government to settle for the farmers’ calls for, together with a authorized assure for MSP on all crops.
The protesting farmers have been tenting on the Shambhu and the Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana after their march to Delhi was stopped by safety forces. The march started on February 13.
Earlier, farmer leaders rejected the BJP-led Centre’s proposal for procuring pulses, maize, and cotton at MSP by authorities companies for 5 years, saying it was not in favour of the farmers.
During the fourth spherical of talks with farmer leaders on February 18, a panel of three Union ministers proposed that authorities companies would purchase pulses, maize, and cotton at MSP for 5 years after an settlement with the farmers.
The calls for embody pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electrical energy tariff, withdrawal of police circumstances and “justice” for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act – 2013, and compensation to households of farmers who died throughout a earlier agitation in 2020-21.
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