Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers’ delegation to visit Gujarat in April

Jaipur: In a bid to mobilise the farmers’ movement against the centre’s three farm laws in Gujarat, an 8-10 member delegation of Sanyunkt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will visit the state in the first week of April. Rajasthan farmer leader Himmat Singh will be coordinating dialogue with Gujarat farmers’ unions in order to mobilise agitation in state.As per the proposed three-day programme (from April 4 to 6), prepared by Singh, the delegation will take an early morning flight from New Delhi toSurat on April 4. They will head towards Bardoli Swaraj Ashram from the airport where they will pay their tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s statue. On the same day, meetings with farmers’ unions and associations of Surat and press conferences will be held at 3 pm. From there they will head towards Vadodara, where they will be meeting the farmers at around 6 pm. They will spend the night at Limdi and leave for Rajkot the next morning (April 5). After meetings with the farmers at Rajkot, they will depart for Ahmedabad on the same day. On April 6, the delegation will meet the farmers at 11 am in Ahmedabad. A mahapanchayant will be announced during a press conference at 2pm, jointly organized by farmer unions of Gujarat. tnn

The Times of India

2021-03-14

Jaipur