Samyukt Kisan Morcha to mark October 12 as ‘Shaheed Kisan Diwas’

Karnal, October 8

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Friday announced to mark October 12 as “Shaheed Kisan Diwas” and appealed to the farmers all over UP and country to join the antim ardas of the farmers died in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 12 in Tikonia.

From there, a series of actions will be taken up to put pressure on the Union and the UP governments to secure justice for the killed farmers. The SKM appealed to people to organise prayer meetings on the same day in gurdwaras, temples, churches, mosques and other public places, and organise prayer and shraddhanjali meetings. SKM additionally demands the immediate sacking and arrest of Minister Ajay Mishra Teni for promoting enmity, hatred and disharmony and murder, other than hatching the conspiracy against farmers. All the persons involved in this incident should be arrested.

If the demands were not met by October 11, the SKM would go ahead with a call for all-India rail roko on October 18. The rail roko will be between 10am and 4pm, said Balbir Singh Rajewal, Dr Darshan Pal, Gurnam Singh Charuni, Hannan Mollah, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Shivkumar Sharma ‘Kakkaji’, Yudhvir Singh, and, Yogendra Yadav in a joint statement.

They said all peace-loving citizens are urged to join these candlelight vigils or light five candles outside their homes as homage to the five martyrs. On this day, all citizens participating in the farmers’ movement will re-commit themselves to the struggle until we secured all our demands and to ensure that the martyrs’ sacrifice does not go in vain.

The SKM rejected both the SIT and judicial inquiry set up by the UP Government and demanded an impartial investigation that will report directly to the Supreme Court, and welcomed the court’s order asking the UP Police to keep all evidence intact. — TNS