Farmers Movement Archive

Resume dialogue, Samyukt Kisan Morcha writes to PM

Sonepat, May 21The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the farmers’ movement against the three Central laws, on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for resuming the dialogue with them.Notably, thousands of farmers are protesting at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders, seeking the repeal of the three farm laws and legal guarantee for the MSP since November 26 last year.The SKM had held 11 rounds of talks with the Centre during their protest. The talks were halted since January 24 after the January 26 violence in the national capital during the tractor parade.In a joint statement, farm leaders said the protesters did not wish to expose anyone to the health hazards of the pandemic, but couldn’t also give up on the struggle as it was a matter of life and death and for future generations.“Any democratic government would have repealed the three laws that have been rejected by the farmers in whose name these were enacted and seized the opportunity to provide legal guarantee of the MSP to them. As the head of the government of the largest democracy in the world, the onus of resuming a serious and sincere dialogue with the farmers lies with you,” says the letter.Meanwhile, the SKM also warned to further intensify the movement.

The Tribune

2021-05-22