Farmers' protest: SKM plans march to Parliament in May

Mukesh Tandon

Tribune News Service

Sonepat, March 31

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) today announced that farmers would march on foot to Parliament in the first fortnight of May. However, the final date for the march would be decided soon and no vehicle would be allowed.

Besides, the SKM also decided at a meeting yesterday to block the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Western Peripheral Expressway for 24 hours on April 10.

The representatives of the morcha, including Gurnam Singh Charuni, Prem Singh Bhangu, Satnam Singh Ajnala, Buta Singh Burjgil, Ravinder Kaur, Joginder Nain, Santokh Singh and Pradeep Dhankar, announced the programmes for the next one month to intensify the protest.

Strategy to counter new Bill tomorrow

The SKM has convened a convention in Rohtak on April 2 to deliberate on the strategy to counter the Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property During Disturbance to Public Order Bill, 2021

Representatives of various trade unions, employee organisations, lawyers, traders, women and youth associations will participate in the convention

SKM state unit leaders Inderjit Singh, Prem Singh Gahlawat, Jai Karan Dalal and Sumit termed the Bill as “a colonial-style draconian step taken to stifle democracy”

“Besides farmers, women, unemployed people, labourers and all those who have been supporting the agitation will also join the Parliament march in a large number,” said Charuni.

The march would be held peacefully and no vehicle would be allowed. Special care would be taken that what happened on January 26 was not repeated.

“A committee would be formed to plan the march and control the protesters if the police take action against them,” said Charuni.

Besides, the SKM would mark FCI Bachao Diwas on April 5 and gherao FCI offices in all districts in the country from 11 am to 5 pm. The SKM has already announced to block the KMP Expressway for 24 hours from 11 am on April 10 to 11 am on April 11 and celebrate Baisakhi on the Delhi borders on April 13.

The SKM also announced to mark the birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar as Save Constitution-Save Farmers Day on April 14 and celebrate May Day on the Delhi borders as Kisan-Mazdoor Ekta Diwas.

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