Key farmer unions in Haryana have determined to not be part of the ‘Dilli Chalo’ agitation introduced by their counterparts in Punjab to demand the authorized assure of a minimal assist worth (MSP) for crops, amongst different points.
The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) and Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM, non-political) plan to march on foot in direction of Delhi from Friday. The 235-km march is proposed to start from the Shambhu border within the Rajpura constituency of Punjab’s Patiala district and teams led by senior leaders are anticipated to stroll day by day from 9 am to five pm until they attain the nationwide capital.
“We assist the calls for of the farmers however they (Punjab farmer leaders) didn’t embody us within the agitation. The farmers must be given MSP for the crops,” Bhartiya Kisan Union (Chaduni) president Gurnam Singh Chaduni, who’s from Haryana, mentioned.
The Haryana farmer leaders have blamed the farmer leaders of Punjab, who’re main the present section of the agitation, for not together with and consulting them for this section of the stir. The Haryana farm leaders say that their Punjab counterparts ought to have maintained the unity of the SKM, which had gained the “historic farmer motion in opposition to three contentious farm legal guidelines in 2020-21”.
Farmer leaders from Haryana have additionally warned the federal government in opposition to motion in opposition to the agitating farmers.
“Through the earlier name of Dilli Chalo by a bit of farmer leaders from Punjab in February this yr, the SKM had fashioned a six-member committee for unity however they didn’t reply. We aren’t a part of this agitation name however we urge the federal government to not use drive in opposition to the agitators. If drive is used in opposition to the farmers, we won’t tolerate it,” Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Union president Suresh Koth, who can be from Haryana, mentioned. Koth, who’s a member of the 30-member coordination committee of the SKM, mentioned his organisation isn’t half of the present section of the agitation.
Pagdi Sambhal Jatta Kisan Sangharsh Samiti president Mandeep Nathwan mentioned, “We’re a part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha which isn’t a part of this section of the agitation. Earlier than giving a name for ‘Dilli Chalo’, the organisers ought to have consulted with all of the farmer our bodies.”
“As farmer unions, we go for completely different strategies for the calls for of the farmers. If they’re struggling for the farmers, it’s a good transfer,” Nathwan added.
Farmer our bodies from Haryana had largely stayed away from the agitation through the ‘Dilli Chalo’ name by farmer leaders of Punjab in February. Nevertheless, that they had staged marches after drive was used in opposition to the agitating farmers on the inter-state borders of Punjab and Haryana. The loss of life of a Punjab farmer, Shubhkaran Singh, through the clashes with the Haryana police on the state border on February 21 had fuelled the agitation in Haryana too, resulting in a number of protests.
Nevertheless, a farmer physique from Haryana, BKU (Bhagat Singh), which had actively participated within the February agitation too, has urged the farmer our bodies of the state to take part within the newest ‘Dilli Chalo’ agitation insisting that it is a combat for the frequent explanation for farmers.
In the meantime, protest sit-ins proceed on the Shambhu and Khanauri borders, organised by the KMM and SKM (non-political). Jagjit Singh Dallewal, coordinator of SKM (non-political), has been on a starvation strike since November 26 on the Khanauri border, which entered its tenth day on Thursday.
