Farmers Movement Archive

Delhi: Daily tractor march to Parliament by farmers during winter session, says SKM

NEW DELHI: To observe one year of the movement against the Centre's three agri laws, 500 farmers will participate in a peaceful tractor march to Parliament every day during the winter session starting November 29, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) said on Tuesday. Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the laws, which were stayed by the Supreme Court in January, at the Delhi borders since November 26 last year. An umbrella body of 40 farmer unions, SKM is leading the stir. It announced the tractor march after it held a meeting. Farmer leaders, who were present in the meeting, said that those participating in the tractor march will sit wherever police stop them. In a statement, the amalgam said that it will observe one year of the movement on and after November 26 in a massive way all over India. "The morcha decided that from November 29 till the end of this parliament session, 500 selected farmer volunteers will move every day to Parliament in tractor trolleys peacefully and with full discipline, to assert their rights to protest in the national capital," the statement said. This will be done to "'increase the pressure" on the Centre "to force it to concede the demands for which farmers across the country have launched a historic struggle", it said. Earlier in March too, farmers had taken out a foot march to Parliament to oppose the contentious three farm laws. On January 26, a tractor rally had turned violent with protesters breaking barricades, attacking security personnel and storming the Red Fort.

The Times of India

2021-11-10

Delhi