Govt’s stubborn stand responsible for deadlock with farmers: SKM

India

pti-Deepika S

Indore, February 14: Sanyukt Kisan Morcha coordinating panel member Shiv Kumar Sharma said on Sunday that the Center’s ‘stubborn attitude’ is responsible for the stalemate on new farm laws, he said on Sunday despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying in Parliament hold talks with farmers, the government has not communicated a date. for the next round of conversations.

The SKM, which is a body that brings together 40 farmers ‘organizations, has been leading farmers’ protests for the removal of the three agricultural marketing laws on the Delhi borders.

‘The main reason for the stagnation of the new agricultural laws is the’ adiyal ravayya ‘(stubborn attitude) of the Center. We have already conducted 12 rounds of talks with the government, but it is not yet ready to give a legal guarantee to farmers on the Minimum Sustenance Price (MSP) of crops, ” said Sharma, popularly known as ‘Kakkaji’, who heads the Rashtriya Kisan Majdoor Mahasangh (RKMS), a part of the SKM.

He told reporters at a press conference here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeatedly told Parliament that the government’s door is always open for talks with farmers.

“But the government has not told us to enter through this door, nor have we been given a date or invited to the next round of talks,” Sharma said.

Describing the three agricultural marketing laws as a “death sentence” for farmers, he said: “If the government really cares about protecting the interests of farmers, then it should accept our demand that the new agricultural laws be withdrawn.” .

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Referring to recent tweets by American pop star Rihanna and Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg in support of the farmers movement and tweets by cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and singer Lata Mangeshkar supporting the government, Sharma said, ‘We are all nationalists. ‘

‘We will resolve the issue of the new agricultural laws together with the government. We will not tolerate interference from outside powers in this matter, ‘he added.

Shooting at Tendulkar, Sharma asked if he had grown anything … What do you know about farmers? Sharma said that farmers in all districts of Madhya Pradesh will carry out ‘mahapanchayats’ against the new farm laws, starting in Khargone on Monday.

We will also launch the ‘One Village 20 Farmers’ (‘Ek Gram-20 Kisan’) campaign in Madhya Pradesh under which 20 peasants from each village (in MP) will be tied up to participate in the ongoing turmoil on the borders of Delhi . ‘he added.

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Delhi’s three border points – Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur – for almost 80 days, demanding the repeal of the three agricultural laws and a guarantee. legal on the minimum support price. (MSP).