Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers to step up protest, reach out to NDA members

The leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a joint front of farmer unions, on Sunday announced a further intensification of their agitation demanding the repeal of the three agricultural marketing laws, including relay hunger strikes at protest sites and reaching out to constituents of the ruling-National Democratic Alliance. At a press conference at Singhu, a protest site at the Delhi-Haryana border, SKM leaders said they would approach the NDA leaders on December 26 and 27, appealing to them to compel the BJP to withdraw the three laws. “We will go to the residences of NDA leaders over the weekend and seek their support for the agitation. And their replies would be shared with the people,” Bharatiya Kisan Union president Rakesh Tikait said. The SKM leaders added that the NDA constituents would also be opposed if they did not support the farmers. Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said the farmer leaders at the protests around Delhi would hold relay hunger strikes from Monday. “Eleven leaders would observe fast for 24 hours every day. We appeal to those holding sit-ins in other parts of the country as well to observe hunger strike,” Mr. Yadav said.

The Hindu

2020-12-21

NEW DELHI