Two more farm unions quit stir, want solution via discussion
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Two more farm unions quit stir, want solution via discussion
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NEW DELHI: A day after two farm outfits withdrew from the ongoing protests against the agri laws, two more organisations — BKU (Ekta) and BKU (Lok Shakti) — on Thursday announced their withdrawal from the agitation and urged the Centre to find a solution through discussion. Both groups cited violence during the tractor rally on R-Day as the reason for ending their protest. Leaders of these two outfits met agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar and urged him to consider their demands, including legal guarantee to purchase at MSP. These two western UP-based outfits are not part of the group of 40 unions involved in talks with the government. BKU (Lok Shakti) had last month moved the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutional validity of the three laws. Members of both factions of BKU were protesting at Ghazipur and Chilla borders. On Wednesday, two unions from western Uttar Pradesh — Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (RKMS) and Bhartiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) — had withdrawn from the agitation. These two, also, are not part of the group of 40 unions involved in talks with the government.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-01-29
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India