SKM calls farmers back to Delhi border
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Title
SKM calls farmers back to Delhi border
Description
Bathinda: An uncertain situation at Singhu and Tikri has forced the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) to call farmers from the adjoining states to the borders of Delhi, saying their presence was “a dire need”. Moved by a similar appeal that was made two days ago, many groups of farmers from Punjab have started for the protest sites. They were earlier called to Delhi’s Tikri border to remove the barricades in breach of an agreement with the authorities. The SKM claims there is a shortage of fertilisers, diammonium phosphate (DAP) especially, and they must gather to protest to counter “black-marketing”. The SKM claims to have found that the speciali investigation team (SIT) looking into the crushing of four rarmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, has recorded 75 statements and provided 60 eyewitnesses with security, with another 16 likely to get the cover. The local farmers have received legal aid from seven advocates.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-11-01
Coverage
Chandigarh