CHANDIGARH, Feb. 20, 2024 (TBINN)
A day after a meeting with Union ministers, farmer leaders taking part in the Delhi Chalo Agitation have rejected the Centre’s proposal of procuring five crops at M.S.P., saying it wasn’t in farmers’ interest and announced that they will march towards the National Capital on February 21, 2024.
Earlier, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (S.K.M.), which spearheaded the 2020-21 farmers’ stir, rejected the government’s offer.
In the fourth round of talks with farmer leaders on Sunday, a panel of three Union ministers proposed buying of pulses, maize and cotton crops by government agencies at minimum support price (M.S.P.) for five years after entering into an agreement with farmers.
Earlier on Monday, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said farmers will hold a discussion on the Centre’s proposal but will not budge from their demand for a law guaranteeing M.S.P.
Later in the day, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a leader of S.K.M. (Non-Political) that is spearheading the Delhi Chalo March along with the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, said, “After holding a discussion in our two forums, it has been decided that the Centre’s proposal is not in the interest of farmers and we reject this proposal.”
When asked if their call for the march to Delhi still stands, Pandher said, “We will move to Delhi peacefully at 11 A.M. on February 21.”
We appeal to the government that either resolve our issues or remove barricades and allow us to proceed to Delhi to protest peacefully, Pandher demanded.
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