But the stalemate continues with the protesters demanding that the government fulfil the other demands also. On Monday, a bill was passed in parliament to repeal the three contentious farm laws, one of the main demands of the protesting farmers. SKM leaders, after the meeting, said they will not move from the protest sites until cases filed against farmers are withdrawn, and demanded an assurance in writing.įarmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh under the aegis of various farmers’ unions have been protesting at the borders of the national capital since November 26 last year to demand repeal of the three farm laws. Protesting farm unions have been pressing for their demands to be considered including withdrawal of cases filed against farmers during the movement, legal guarantee on MSP and compensation to kin of farmers who died during the agitation. "The Government of India has chosen to work informally and in a piecemeal fashion of responding to some of the issues being raised by the protesting farmers," the SKM statement said.
SKM, an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, in the statement said that farm unions have had a "bitter experience" in the past of securing oral assurances and ending their agitation only to find that the government reneges on them.
The committee will now hold talks with the government."įarmer leaders Balbir Singh Rajewal, Ashok Dhawle, Shiv Kumar Kakka, Gurnam Singh Chaduni and Yudhvir Singh were named the members of the committee after a meeting was held by the SKM here on Saturday.Īddressing a press conference with other SKM members at the Singhu Border protest site, Tikait said that the next meeting of the Morcha will take place on December 7 at 11 AM to decide the future course of the movement. Yesterday, discussions took place with the Haryana CM and his message was that talks should continue. Sarkar ek samjhaute ki taraf ja rahi hai (The government is headed towards an agreement). to nominate five members for a small committee to have discussions. We want to see all the cases foisted against farmers as well as their supporters, who were part of this movement, to be withdrawn and assurance to be made formally," the SKM said in a statement.īKU leader Rakesh Tikait told media persons that the committee was a "medium" to have a dialogue with the government. "We will not end this agitation without a formal response on each of the issues being raised by us. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Saturday formed a five-member panel for dialogue with the government on their pending demands including MSP, compensation to kin of farmers who died during the agitation against the agri laws and withdrawal of cases against the protesters.
The development comes after Union Home Minister Amit Shah, according to sources in the SKM quoted by news agency PTI, spoke to a senior farmer leader over the phone earlier this week.
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