Samyukta Kisan Morcha Press Release : 3 July, 2022
Samyukta Kisan Morcha will organize “Protest Against Betrayal” in 500 districts for legal guarantee of minimum support price and other pending demands
On July 31, a chakka jam will be held across the country on the pending demands of the farmers’ movement
To expose the Agnipath scheme, Samyukta Kisan Morcha will organize “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” conventions across the country from August 7 to August 14
On the 75th anniversary of Independence, a 75-hour mass dharna will be held in Lakhimpur Kheri on August 18, 19, 20, for the demand of sacking Ajay Mishra Teni
Most of the farmers’ organizations that had been suspended from the SKM at the time of Punjab elections have returned to the Morcha
Condemnation resolution passed against the growing repression against farmers and human rights activists. Protest against the arrest of Teesta Setalvad and Mohammad Zubair
In the National Meet of representatives of all the farmers’ organizations associated with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, held today in Ghaziabad, three important decisions regarding the farmers’ movement were taken.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha expressed its disappointment against the Union Government which has completely reneged on the written promises made to the farmers when the Morcha was lifted on December 9, 2021. Neither has the committee on MSP been formed, nor the false cases registered against the farmers during the agitation been withdrawn. The Government is trying to introduce the Electricity Bill in Parliament. The Government is not even ready to consider the biggest demand of the farmers, i.e. the legal guarantee of minimum support price.
In protest against this betrayal by the Government, “Protest Against Betrayal” public meetings will be organized at district level, from the beginning of the monsoon session of Parliament on 18th July till 31st July, Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh, across the country. At the end of this campaign, on 31st July, the martyrdom day of Sardar Udham Singh, a chakka jam of all the major highways across the country will be organized from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Due care will be taken to ensure that the common public is not inconvenienced by this program.
It was also decided in the meet that the farm organizations will mobilize unemployed youth and ex-servicemen against the Agnipath scheme, which is anti-national and anti-youth as well as anti-farmer. To expose the Agnipath scheme, “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” conferences will be organized across the country from August 7 to August 14, in which ex-servicemen and unemployed youth will also be invited.
Ajay Mishra Teni’s continuance in the Union Cabinet, even 10 months after the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre is a cruel joke on the law and order situation of the country. From the beginning, Samyukta Kisan Morcha has been committed to ensure justice to the farmers, and has been providing legal and other assistance to the families of the victims. To raise this issue strongly, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Independence, Samyukta Kisan Morcha will organize a 75-hour Mass Dharna at Lakhimpur Kheri on 18-19-20 August, in which farmer leaders and workers from across the country will participate.
In this meet, serious concern was raised against the growing repression on the farmers and human rights movements. Samyukta Kisan Morcha condemns the slapping of false cases against farmers leader Ashish Mittal in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, lathi-charge on farmers protesting against Adani’s high-voltage wire in Farakka, Bengal, and repression of protesting farmers in Chhattisgarh. The arrests of social activists and journalists such as Ms. Teesta Setalvad, RB Sreekumar, and Muhammad Zubair indicate increasing repression on democratic rights across the country. Samyukta Kisan Morcha stands with all these activists and organizations in this democratic struggle.
About 200 delegates from 15 states of the country participated in today’s meeting. On the issue of Punjab elections, 16 organizations which were suspended from Samyukta Kisan Morcha, were re-admitted in the Morcha today. In today’s meeting, it was also decided to expel the “Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangh” headed by Chandrasekhar Kodihalli from the Samyukta Kisan Morcha. Samyukta Kisan Morcha expressed confidence that its doors will always be open to all the farmers and farmers’ organizations of the country, and expressed hope that the struggle of the farmers against this oppressive government would become more intense and powerful.
Issued by-
Dr. Darshan Pal, Hannan Mollah, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Yudhveer Singh, Yogendra Yadav
Samyukta Kisan Morcha
Email: samyuktkisanmorcha@gmail.com
