Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political), today, announced to stage a national-level farmers rally in September, in Haryana. The rally is expected to witness the participation of over 1 lakh farmers from more than 20 states to exert pressure on the NDA government to enact an MSP (Minimum Support Price) guarantee law for farmers.
The announcement was made via press conference.
SKM further claimed that the BJP will face the anger of farmers in the coming Assembly elections in states like Haryana and Maharashtra if the party-led NDA government does not change its "anti-farmer policies."
Leaders of the organisation said in the four rounds of negotiations with the central government in February, they strongly raised the issues concerned with South Indian farmers like creating a "robust structure" for the Spices Board, and fair prices for coconut and sugarcane farmers according to "C2+50%" formula of the Swaminathan Commission Report.
MSP demand:
Farmer leader Jagjeet Singh Dallewal said that the outfit's protest demanding an MSP guarantee law has been going on since February 13 at four places and thousands of farmers have been camping on roads since then.
"This protest will go on till the central government fulfills our demands," he said.
He claimed that the BJP lost 71 Lok Sabha seats, which it had held, in the recently held polls in rural areas due to anger in the farming community. If the BJP-led NDA government does not change its "anti-farmer policies", the party will face the anger of farmers in all upcoming Assembly elections including in Haryana and Maharashtra.
Kurburu Shantakumar from Karnataka, a leader of the farmer body, said that on July 8, SKM (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha will give a memorandum regarding their 12 demands to all Members of Parliament, except 240 MPs of BJP.
He said that in July, the two organisations will also organise a big farmers' convention in Delhi.
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