To full seven months of its agitation on the borders of Delhi on June 26, the United Kisan Morcha has known as for marches to the Raj Bhavans of the states to submit a memorandum addressed to the President to the respective governors. The SKM has named the protest “Save Agriculture, Save Democracy Day”. The protest comes a day after the forty sixth anniversary of the imposition of Emergency within the nation.
“This is a nationwide name the place the memorandum addressed to the President of India can be given via the governors of the respective states as a result of even agricultural legal guidelines are nothing wanting an ’emergency’ within the nation as they’re all set to destroy the agriculture sector and small farmers. It is an agrarian nation,” stated Jagmohan Singh Patiala, basic secretary of BKU (Dakonda).
Yogendra Yadav, a outstanding member of the SKM, had stated on Thursday that “the front now takes the responsibility of saving agriculture, saving democracy”. He termed it as the brand new slogan of SKM, which is spearheading a farmers’ motion towards three controversial agricultural legal guidelines.
Yadav stated, ‘June 26 is in a means the following section of the farmers’ motion. They are combating not solely to save lots of agriculture but in addition to take the accountability of combating to save lots of democracy. This is a historic accountability which farmers will now have to satisfy.
He continued: “General expression is now an undeclared emergency… we’re being informed that that is all regular, that’s democracy, that media freedom can be curtailed to an ideal extent, particular legal guidelines can be used, judicial independence can be curtailed. We are being informed that that is regular democracy. So I feel the current scenario is extra harmful than emergency.
On Friday, SKM chief Darshan Pal stated that the memorandum would urge the President to intervene within the protest towards the rights of farmers. In Punjab, all 32 farmer unions that are a part of SKM, BKU (Ugrahan) and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee will collect at Amb Sahib Gurdwara in Chandigarh on Friday and from there they may march in direction of Raj Bhavan.
BKU (Ugrahan) basic secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan stated, “Women farmers will also march towards the Raj Bhavan in large numbers.”
Dr Pal stated, “The unity of the farmers remains intact despite several attempts by the BJP-RSS government to break it.”
Meanwhile, a rally can also be being deliberate in Massachusetts in solidarity with protesting farmers, stated BKU (Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan.
SKM leaders additionally claimed that extra farmers have been being roped in to strengthen the motion.
BKU (Dakonda) president Buta Singh Burjgil stated, “Farmers in Punjab are also struggling against power cuts, which is disrupting paddy planting activity.”
The Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union (PKMU) on Friday introduced that they’d launch a three-day dharna from August 9 in Patiala, CM Amarinder Singh’s hometown, if the problems associated to farm laborers aren’t resolved by then.
PKMU basic secretary Laxman Singh Sevewala stated, “Our calls for embrace waiver of excellent electrical energy payments, land for landless labourers, and many others. Before the Patiala dharna, conferences can be held throughout the state from July 10 to July 14 and in Punjab from July 15 to July 25, a district-level dharna can be held towards the Congress authorities. Apart from this, Congress MLAs, MPs and cupboard ministers can be given a memorandum by staging a sit-in exterior their houses.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
