Unions chalk out plan for Parl stir

Mansa, July 17

A meeting of farm union leaders was held in Mansa district to implement decisions of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) with regard to sending groups of representatives of unions to protest outside Parliament from July 22 onwards. The union leaders charted out a strategy to get the three farm laws repealed and get a legal guarantee of MSP on farm produce.

Farm leaders from the BKU (Dakaunda), Kul Hind Kisan Sabha, BKU (Lakhowal), Punjab Kisan Union, Kul Hind Kisan Sabha, Jamhoori Kisan Sabha, BKU (Krantikari) and BKU (Mansa) attended the meeting.

Sukhcharan Danewalia, a leader of the Punjab Kisan Union, said, “The SKM is well aware of double standards of the central government. Farmers who have been sitting at the Delhi borders for past seven and a half months protesting against the three agricultural laws have given a befitting reply to the government against its pressure tactics.”

“The government’s frequent invitations to hold meetings with union leaders are nothing but an attempt to tarnish the image of the morcha. It’s high time that we adopt new strategies to pressure the government to accede to our demands. On SKM’s call, every farm union will be sending five representatives daily to protest outside Parliament.”

Krishan Chauhan, another farm union leader, said, “The boycott of BJP leaders will continue and leaders of other parties will also be questioned. We condemn the cases being registered against farm leaders in Sirsa recently and demand that these be cancelled at the earliest.” — TNS