Kisan Morcha decides to send a letter to PM

New Delhi, Nov 21 (UNI) Samyukt Kisan Morcha held a meeting on Sunday at Singhu Border Kisan Andolan office.
It was the first meeting after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of repealing the three farm laws.
In the meeting, SKM decided to send an open letter to the Prime Minister, raising the pending demands of the farmers’ movement, including central legislation to guarantee a remunerative MSP.

SKM also decided to continue with all the announced programs as per plan. The next meeting will take place on November 27, to review developments, said a statement of SKM.
SKM appealed to the people to take part the events – Lucknow Kisan Mahapanchayat on tomorrow, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Diwas on Sir Chhotu Ram’s birth anniversary on November 24, “Dilli Border Morche pe Chalo” on November 26 and all state level farmer-worker protests in states far away from Delhi and Sansad Chalo on November 29, said a statement of SKM.
“We noted that after 11 rounds of talks, you chose the path of unilateral declaration rather than a bilateral solution; nonetheless, we are glad that you have announced the decision to withdraw all three farm laws. We welcome this announcement and hope that your government will fulfill this promise at the earliest and in full,” said SKM in its letter to the PM.

“Prime Minister, you are well aware that repeal of the three black laws is not the only demand of the movement. From the very beginning of the talks with the government, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha had raised three additional demands that are Minimum Support Price based on the comprehensive cost of production should be made a legal entitlement, Withdraw the draft “Electricity Amendments Bill, 2020/2021” proposed by the government, and remove the penal provisions on farmers in the “Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act 2021”, SKM, in a letter to PM, mentioned.

The farmers have been disappointed due to the lack of concrete announcement on these important demands in your address.
Thousands of farmers have been implicated in hundreds of cases during this movement (June 2020 till date) in Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and several other states. These cases should be withdrawn immediately, SKM mentioned in its letter.