Farmers urge PM Modi to address demands as Jagjeet Singh Dallewal’s indefinite hunger strike enters Day 53

In the letter, a hard transcript of which would beryllium sent separately to Modi done MPs and main ministers, the SKM expressed interest implicit Centre’s “apathy” towards the farmers who person been demanding a ineligible warrant of Minimum Support Price (MSP), among different things.

Farmers, nether the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, person been camping astatine the Shambhu and Khanauri borderline points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13 past year. Dallewal, the convener of the SKM (non-political), has been connected an indefinite hunger onslaught astatine Khanauri since November 26 past twelvemonth successful enactment of assorted demands of the farmers, including a ineligible warrant of MSP.

The SKM, successful its letter, urged premier curate to not disregard the demands being raised by farmers, “to instrumentality the written assurances fixed to SKM by the Government connected December 9, 2021, and to prevention the beingness of Dallewal”

“With heavy interest implicit the continuous apathy of the Central government, we constitute to you to assistance lick the highly superior issues concerning the farming assemblage of India and the system arsenic a whole. We anticipation that you volition beryllium capable to instrumentality up these issues with the Government of India, particularly Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” work the missive addressed to MPs and main ministers.

Earlier, Dallewal had doubly written to PM Modi. The SKM’s to PM comes a time day earlier it meets SKM (non-political) and KMM for a 3rd clip to further sermon modalities for a associated struggle. The gathering volition beryllium held astatine Guru Tegh Bahadur Gurdwara astatine Patran successful Patiala, astir 18 km from the morcha site.

The SKM, which had led the agitation astatine the Delhi borders against the now-repealed 3 workplace laws, is not enactment of the morcha astatine the Haryana’s borders.

In its letter, the S KM besides raised the contented of the Draft National Policy Framework for Agricultural Markets, terming it a “reincarnation” of the now-repealed workplace laws.

“This draught is retired and retired a argumentation to manus implicit each cultivation operations to backstage corporations and MNCs. This argumentation prominently exhibits its anti-farmer intent by remaining wholly soundless connected granting of immoderate MSP oregon authorities procurement oregon nutrient organisation done PDS. We impulse you to spell done this anti-people, pro-corporate argumentation and rise your dependable against it. We petition your Vidhan Sabhas to kindly cull this draught and instantly notify the Central government,” work the letter.

“The Government knows precise good arsenic is besides communal cognition that the main demands of the farmers are assistance of MSP @ C2+50% with ineligible assurance of procurement and indebtedness waiver for each farmers and cultivation workers. It is highly unfortunate that the Government has not moved to lick these pending problems. On the different manus it has introduced provisions of the New Electricity Act that had been presented successful the signifier of raising tariff and imposing astute metres, portion the farmers had been demanding escaped energy for conduit wells and 300 units escaped powerfulness for different users countrywide,” it adds.

It urged the MPs and CMs to punctual the premier curate of his written committedness to the farmers of India, made erstwhile the farmers’ protests were withdrawn. “We besides impulse you to inquire the premier curate to instantly clasp talks connected each these issues with each farmers’ organizations, main ministers and each governmental parties to lick these problems,” they said.