Farmers Movement Archive

‘More state govts for repeal of farm laws’

Bathinda: Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has stated that several state governments are responding to farmers’ demands and the Tamil Nadu chief minister, in a memorandum to the PM recently, demanded the repeal of three farm laws. Maharashtra is in the process of amending its law to neutralise the ill-effects of the central legislation on farmers. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been asking for the protesting farmers’ demands to be met too, according to SKM. Governments led by other parties in a few other states have stood with the farmers’ movement and joined their calls for countrywide action. Even BJP’s own leaders have been asking the central government to resolve the farmers’ issues, it said. “This is what the government ought to be prioritising, not a slander and defamation campaign,” stated the morcha. It also stated that feeling the BJP government was not serious on remunerative prices of crops, farmers across the country had started demanding minimum support price (MSP) as a legal guarantee for all. Responding to a call by All India Kisan Sabha, farmers organised protests demanding guaranteed remunerative price of milk at least Rs 35 per litre in 20 districts of Maharashtra on Thursday. The Covid pandemic and lockdowns have resulted in milk price crashing to nearly Rs 20 per litre, stated SKM on Friday.

The Times of India

2021-06-19

Chandigarh