The farmers’ groups from across the country today gathered at Jantar Mantar to hold a protest against central government’s farms polices. A mahapanchayat of all farmers’ groups was called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) for the discussion on the issues.

The Farmers were stopped by the Delhi Police, barricades were broken; but then farmers helped the Police to resurrect the barricades.

SKM member Abhimanyu Singh Kohar said that the one-day mahapanchayat would be a peaceful event where they would reiterate their demands such as a legal guarantee on MSP and cancellation of Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 among others.

The Delhi Police today arrested some farmers’ leaders at Ghazipur border in the national capital.

Police said that security was beefed up at Delhi borders, including Sindhu and Ghazhipur, ahead of the mahapanchayat.

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The Delhi Police yesterday detained farmer leader and Samyukta Kisan Morcha’s spokesperson Rakesh Tikait while he was entering the national capital to participate in a protest against unemployment.

A Delhi Police official said that Tikait was detained at Ghazipur while he was on his way to Jantar Mantar. He was taken to Madhu Vihar police station.

The Bhartiya Kisan Union leader wrote on Twitter that the Modi government was bent on oppression and oppression of the unemployed, youth, farmers and labourers. The fight for rights has to be prepared for a long struggle. At the behest of the Centre, the Delhi Police did not allow them to meet the unemployed youth. They will fight and win.

He said that the Delhi Police working on the behest of the government could not suppress the voice of the farmers. This arrest will bring a new revolution. This struggle will continue till the last breath. They will neither stop nor will get tired.

Delhi’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Sameer Sharma said that they received inputs about the mahapanchayat at Jantar Mantar. They have been told that SKM protesters and other groups would pass through the border to the protest site. As per the inputs, adequate deployment of local police and outside forces will be made in the area of the Outer District i.e. at the Tikri border, major intersections, railway tracks and metro stations. This will be done to avoid any untoward incident. A full-proof law and order arrangement has already been set up in the area.

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Amid the ongoing protest across the country against the controversial scheme Agnipath by the central government, Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of farmer unions on Tuesday declared that it will hold a nationwide protest of youth against the scheme for recruiting youngsters in the arm forces.

The farm body also released a statement for the same, under which it said that when the BJP-led government is bent on destroying the spirit of the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, it becomes the duty of the country’s farmers to stand with a shoulder to shoulder the jawans in this hard times. In the statement, the SKM also confirmed that it will observe a countrywide protest on June 24.

The report said, the SKM took the decision on Monday after a meeting by the top 7-member coordination committee, which was held in Haryana’s Karnal. The farm body also informed that the protest against the scheme will be held peacefully. It also called the scheme anti-military, anti-farmer, and anti-national and urged the people to take part in the protest calmy without taking law and orders in hand.

SKM also described the scheme and said the people in power are clearly playing with the future of the youth in the country by giving them jobs just for four years. They are not only playing the national security and dreams of unemployed youth but also with the farmer families of the country, SKM added.

Meanwhile, the National Security Advisor of India, Ajit Doval criticizes the act of those who are misleading youth against the scheme. He said the youth who want to become Agniveers need to be positive and have faith in the nation, have faith in the leadership, and also in themselves, NSA Ajit Doval added.

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On March 21, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) will stir a nationwide protest against the Centre for failing to keep its promises, including the setting up of a panel on MSP and the withdrawal of lawsuits against farmers, said its functionaries on Monday.

SKM leaders will also give a memorandum to the Punjab Governor on March 25 regarding the Central government’s change in rules for the appointment of top officers to the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB).

The decision came after a day-long meeting held in New Delhi at the Gandhi Peace Foundation at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.

In response to the Centre’s promises, senior SKM leader Harinder Singh Lakhowal said that it was unanimously decided that between April 11 to 17, a nationwide campaign would be launched by observing MSP Legal Guarantee Week. During this week, all the constituent organizations of the SKM will hold demonstrations and seminars, demanding a legal guarantee of MSP as recommended by the Swaminathan Commission.

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Speaking on the matter, Lakhowal stated that the Centre has made no progress in delivering its commitments to farmers, including the formation of a panel on MSP to make legislation on it, the withdrawal of lawsuits against farmers, and the expulsion of Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni from the cabinet.

The SKM, which represents 40 farm unions, led a year-long protest against the Centre’s three farm laws. SKM stated that the protest on March 21 will be related to the role of the government in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and the betrayal of promises given to the farmers’ movement.

The agitation was put on hold on December 9 last year after the government revoked the controversial laws and agreed to consider its six other demands, which included the withdrawal of cases filed against farmers during the agitation, a legal guarantee on MSP, and compensation for the kin of farmers killed during the protest.

The SKM claims that the Central government has not formed a panel on MSP, nor has it withdrawn lawsuits against farmers and union officials, despite the fact that it has been three months.

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The Haryana police lathi-charged protesting farmers at Karnal’s Gharaunda toll plaza on Saturday. According to reports, 10 farmers were injured after the police started a lathi charge at a group of farmers who were going to Karnal to protest against CM Khattar.

Several videos of the same are doing rounds on the internet. In the videos, it is seen that the farmers were lying on the road after they were beaten brutally by the police. Following this incident, the farmers’ body Samyukta Kisam Morcha (SKM) issued a call to block all the highways and toll plazas across Haryana.

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It is reported that the farm leaders said that the lesson will be taught in the elections. Currently, the protest is taking place in Haryana’s several districts including Jind, Sonipat, Rewari and Karnal.

Apart from this, there are pictures and videos going viral on the internet, in which some farmers are seen bleeding as they faced several injuries after the police lathi-charged them.

There is also a video in which a man is showing an old man who was bleeding and the man who was shooting the video was heard saying that see how this old man has been brutally beaten.

Darshan Pal of Sanyukta Kisaan Morcha posted a video on Facebook in which he said that the farmers were having a peaceful protest, despite this, the police resorted to lathi-charge them. He further said that around a hundred farmers have been arrested by the police.

After this, Bharatiya Kisan Union’s Haryana chief Gurnam Singh Chadhuni told the farmers that they should continue blocking all the roads till all the farmers who were arrested by Haryana police are not released.

The farmers gathered today to protest against Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. CM was scheduled to attend a state-level party meeting in Karnal today, and as the farmers were moving ahead to Karnal, they were brutally lathi-charged.

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As thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the Centre’s three contentious farm bills on Delhi borders since six months, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday warned the central government to not test their patience, initiate the dialogue and accept the demands.

The farmers have been camping at three Delhi border – Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur for almost six months, demanding the complete withdrawal of three farm laws and a legal guarantee for the minimum support Price (MSP) and other two issues.

More than 470 farmers have been martyred in the farmers’ movement. Many agitators have had to leave their jobs, education and other work. The government’s attitude meanwhile shows how inhuman and careless it is towards its own citizens, the ‘anna daatas. If the government cares about its farmers and wants their welfare, then it should initiate dialogue with the farmers and accept their demands, the SKM said in a statement, warning the government to “not test the patience of farmers.

So far, there have been 11 rounds of talks between the protesting unions and the government, but the deadlock has continued as both sides have stuck to their stand.

In January, the government had offered to suspend the farm laws for 12-18 months, which was rejected by the farmer unions. The Supreme Court stayed the implementation of the laws till further orders and set up a committee to resolve the impasse.

When this government, which pretends to do the welfare of farmers, takes “full credit” for increasing production or export in any crop or state, it should also take responsibility for every “human loss and other loss” taking place on the borders of Delhi, the SKM, an umbrella body of agitating farmer unions, said.

The spells of rainfall in Delhi on Wednesday under the impact of cyclone Tauktae, according to the protesting farmers’ union, has caused a great deal of disruption and losses at the different agitating venues.

It has been a chaotic situation with regard to food and accommodation, due to the rain. Roads and several parts of the protest sites have been filled up with rainwater, the union said.

For six months now, in all such circumstances, in the absence of any government facilities and support, the protesting farmers themselves are handling such situations, it claimed.

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The government has projected the new laws as major reforms in the agriculture sector that will remove mandi system and middlemen and allow farmers to sell their produce anywhere in the country. However, the protesting farmers argue that the new laws have no mention of minimum support price (MSP) and the mandis that will leave them at the mercy of big corporates. The farmers have laid siege to Delhi even as the government scrambles to find an amicable solution. They argue that they would settle for nothing less than total scrapping of the legislations.

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