Rakesh Tikait, others to address kisan mahapanchayat in Paonta Sahib

Shimla, March 25

The first kisan mahapanchayat in Himachal will be held at Haripur Tohna in Paonta Sahib on April 7 to muster support for the farmer agitation for scrapping three farm laws.

The Himachal Kisan Sabha has endorsed the call of the mahapanchayat and urged the farmers to participate in it in a big way. The mahapanchayat will be addressed by Rakesh Tikait and other Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders like Gurnam Singh Charuni, Balbir Singh Rajewal, Dr Darshan Pal and famous singer Kanwar Grewal.

A delegation of the SKM from Paonta Sahib came here today to seek support for mahapanchayat. Leaders addressed mediapersons along with president of Himachal Kisan Sabha, Kuldeep Tanwar. Farmer leaders appealed to the government not to implement these laws in the state and dubbed them as illegal.

Convener of SKM, Paonta Sahib, Tarsem Singh Jaggi and co-convener, Gurvinder Singh Gopi and Dr Kuldeep Tanwar said that the Union government had declared MSP for agriculture produce but it would not help farmers of Himachal as their main produce is maize, which has not been included.— TNS