Centre may call for talks today: SKM
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Centre may call for talks today: SKM
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Tribune News ServiceSonepat, December 5A day after forming a five-member committee, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders now hope that the Centre will invite them for talks over pending demands tomorrow.Shiv Kumar Kakka, a member of the committee, said: “Home Minister Amit Shah was probably away for a BSF programme and today is a holiday. So, we are expecting a formal invitation for talks by tomorrow.” Jai Kisan Andolan convener Yogendra Yadav said the SKM had given two days to the Centre to resolve their issues. Besides, a group of Nihang Sikhs, who had been squatting near the TDI mall in Kundli area, started packing their belongings and also uprooted their tents. They loaded their goods and horses in their trucks and began preparations to move to their deras today.Six farmers — Rajender Singh of Kohla village in Sonepat, Satnam Singh of Patiala, Bikram Singh of Gurdaspur, Kartar Singh of Kaithal, Naresh Sangwan of Ambala and Kuldeep Singh of Moga — sat on an indefinite fast till December 7 near the main stage of the SKM. The next SKM meeting would be held at the Singhu border on December 7.
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The Tribune
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2021-12-06