Farmers Movement Archive

Reach Lakhimpur Kheri for bhog of ‘martyred’ farmers: SKM to people

Mandi Ahmedgarh/Raikot/ Payal, October 8Office-bearers and activists of various constituents of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have started persuading sympathisers of the ongoing farmers’ struggle for participation in a joint bhog ceremony of four farmers and a journalist who were killed in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri incident on Sunday.Activists of various outfits supporting the farmers’ struggle to get three controversial laws repealed are expected to gather at the venue of the bhog ceremony, where the next plan of action will be drafted by SKM leaders.President, Bhartiya Kissan Union (Kadian), Harmeet Singh Kadian said final decision on the national-level protest would be taken at Lakhimpur Kheri on Tuesday after paying tributes to four farmers and one journalist who were mowed down by vehicles driven and occupied by BJP activists, led by Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra’s son on Sunday.“As the UP Government has failed to satisfy farmers by arresting the main accused Ashish Mishra and has been trying to shield him, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha will be compelled to intensify the stir, further action plan of which be drafted at Lakhimpur Kheri after the bhog ceremony of martyred farmers,” said Kadian, maintaining that the government should hold a transparent probe by judicial committee under supervision of a Supreme Court Judge after removing Ajay Mishra from the Union Government.All India Kisan Sabha leader Baldev Singh Latala said the office-bearers and activists of various constituents of the Samyukt Kisan Morchahad already started organising meeting to persuade masses to reach Lakhimpur Kheri on October 12 to participate in a joint bhog ceremony of ‘martyred’ farmers.

The Tribune

2021-10-09