More farmers joining protest at Delhi borders: Samyukta Kisan Morcha
Scores of farmers led by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions, are camping at Delhi s border points of Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur since last 146 days with their demands for the repeal of the three new laws and a new law on MSP for crops
PTI | April 21, 2021 | Updated 21:58 IST
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Farmers in large numbers have started coming towards Delhi after the harvesting season to strengthen the protest against the Centre s new farm laws, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha said on Wednesday.
The only way for the Centre to resolve the deadlock with the protesting farmers is by repealing the contentious farm laws and coming out with a legislation to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP), it said.
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Darshan Pal Singh, Krantikari Kisan Union, said the blockade would last from 8 am on Saturday till 8 am on Sunday. Farmers protesting at the Singhu border would block the expressways at Kundli; those at the Tikri border would stop vehicules at Tikri; members of the BKU, Baghpat unit, would stage a protest at the toll plaza between Khekra-Baghpat and farmers at Ghazipur would block the traffic at Dasna. “Emergency services will remain unimpeded,” Darshan Pal explained. TNS
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The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) today gave a clean chit to gangster-turned-social activist Lakhvir Singh, alias Lakha Sidhana, who has been booked by the Delhi Police for instigating violence during the farmers’ tractor rally at Red Fort on the Republic Day.
Wanted by the Delhi Police, Lakha Sidhana had gone into hiding after the January 26 violence.
Dr Darshan Pal Singh, president of the Krantikari Kisan Union and a member of the SKM, told the media a three-member panel had discussed the Lakha Sidhana issue with singers, kabaddi players and Sikh thinkers.
“After having discussed the matter, the general body of the SKM decided that Lakha Sidhana would join the protest again. He can even share the stage,” said Dr Darshan Pal.
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If there is a section of people that can bring about a tectonic shift in Bengal s political scenario, it’s the farmers. It was a group of agitating farmers that paved the way to the Chief Minister s chair for Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee. In 2007, Mamata led a three-year-long violence-laced resistance movement in Singur and Nandigram that put an end to 34 years of Left rule.
Fourteen years later, as Bengal readies for a volatile election, farmers have again taken to the streets. They are at the forefront of a protest not only in the state but across the country for the past 100-odd days against the three farm laws.