The farmers #39; body said that mobilisation meetings have taken place in several places across UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
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Preparation for national farmers’ convention in full swing: Samyukt Kisan Morcha
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Tuesday said the preparation for an all-India convention of farmers is in full swing and it is receiving an enthusiastic response from across the country.
The SKM, an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions leading the agitation against the Centre’s contentious agricultural laws, had announced on Monday that it would hold the national convention on August 26-27 to mark the completion of nine months of the farmers’ protest.
The preparation for the all-India convention of farmers is in full swing, the SKM said in a statement.
“…enthusiastic response is being received from all over India. The national convention will see the presence of delegates from all states and union territories of India,” it said.
The future course of action of the farmers’ agitation will be jointly decided at the convention, it added.
The SKM said, “The central government has always tried to pretend that this historic farmers’ movement is limited to a few states, overlooking the fact that farmers all over the country are struggling to stay afloat.”
Thousands of farmers from across the country, particularly Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Delhi borders, including Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur, since November last year to demand the repeal of the three farm laws and a new law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.
Farmers claim that these laws — the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers’ (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 — will do away with the MSP, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations.
The government maintains that these laws are pro-farmer.
Over 10 rounds of talks between the government and farmer leaders have failed to break the deadlock between the two sides.
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Farmers gear up for protest against fuel price hike
By PTI
NEW DELHI: Large contingents of farmers have started arriving at protest sites in preparation for their agitation Thursday against fuel price hike, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said on Wednesday.“At the call of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, protests will be organised across India tomorrow (July 8) from 10 am to 12 noon for two hours against the hike in diesel, petrol and cooking gas prices,” the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions said.
The protestors will reach designated public locations with any means of transport including scooters, motorcycles, tractors, cars, buses, trucks and also with empty gas cylinders, it said.
On Wednesday, the petrol prices in Delhi as well as Kolkata crossed the Rs 100 a litre mark.
The SKM has demanded that the fuel prices be halved with immediate effect.
It has also appealed to the protestors to keep the demonstration peaceful and on the roadside, without blocking any pathways.
“This is an issue that affects every section of the society, and SKM appeals that farmers, labourers, youth, students, women, employees, shopkeepers, transporters, traders and others be part of these protests everywhere,” the body said.
The SKM has also planned fresh rounds of protests during the monsoon session of the parliament scheduled later this month, when 200 protestors will agitate everyday outside the Parliament building reiterating their demands of repealing the three farm laws and a legal guarantee for Minimum Support price (MSP).
Over the last seven months, thousands of farmers from different parts of the country have been protesting at Delhi borders against the new farm laws which, they claim, will do away with the MSP system and leave them at the mercy of big corporations.
The government, however, has been protecting the laws as major agricultural reforms.