Send 5 names for MSP panel, Samyukt Kisan Morcha told

Mukesh Tandon

Tribune News Service

Sonepat, November 30

A day after Parliament approved the Bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws, the Centre today sought five names from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) for farmers’ representation in the committee on agricultural issues, including MSP. SKM convener Darshan Pal said the morcha leaders had not received any formal letter so far, but got messages on the phone from the Union Agricultural Ministry. The SKM would send five names, either of activists or agriculture experts, to the government after its meeting on December 4, he said.

The PM had recently spoken about a panel on agricultural diversification, MSP, zero-budget farming, etc. Possibly, the ministry had sought five names for that panel, he added. Jai Kisan Andolan convener Yogendra Yadav said a message was received from the government seeking five names for the committee, but it wasn’t clear for which committee.

Some Punjab farmer leaders claimed the Haryana Chief Minister has also called a meeting with the farmer leaders on Wednesday. However, Haryana farm leaders said they had not receive any message in that regard so far.

SKM leaders maintained they would hold a meeting at Singhu border on December 4, as announced earlier. Haryana-based organisations would, meanwhile, organise a meeting tomorrow. The SKM said the Haryana CM had already indicated that he would act on the instructions of the Centre when it came to withdrawing cases filed against around 48,000 farmers.

Meanwhile, Darshan Pal, convener, SKM, said, “No formal letter has been received so far, but leaders received messages on their phones from the Union Agricultural Ministry.