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‘Sansad Chalo’: Farmers to march to parliament on Nov 29

The SKM is demanding national legislation guaranteeing MSP

farmers-singhu-sanjay Farmers at the Singhu Border after the Prime Minister's announcement that the farm laws would be repealed | Sanjay Ahlawat

Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the contentious farm bills would be repealed in the coming session of parliament, the coalition of protesting farmers has decided to continue with its planned marches, including one to parliament on Monday.

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After meeting on Sunday, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha announced that it would send an open letter to Modi raising its pending demands, which include having a central legislation to guarantee a remunerative minimum support price (MSP).

Farmers will hold their Kisan Mahapanchayat in Lucknow on Monday, the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Diwas on Chhotu Ram’s birth anniversary on November 24, a march to Delhi’s border on November 26, and a march on parliament on November 27, the SKM said.

In its release, the SKM congratulated farmers and workers for their “historic victory” and also acknowledged Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s announcement of compensation for the families of the 700 farmers who died during the protests.

“While Mr Narendra Modi or his Govt does not acknowledge the heavy and avoidable sacrifices made by around 700 brave farmers of the Kisan Andolan, Telangana Govt steps forward to provide support to the kin of the martyrs,” the release says.

The Telangana government had announced it would provide Rs 3 lakh per family of the 750 farmers who died during the protests. KCR had also demanded that the union government give Rs 25 each to the families in addition to withdrawing all pending cases against the protesting farmers.

The SKM’s release on Sunday noted that while “Mr Narendra Modi or his government did not acknowledge the heavy and avoidable sacrifices made by around 700 brave farmers of the Kisan Andolan, the Telangana Government has now stepped forward to provide support to the kin of the martyrs.” The SKM said it would provide a list of all the “martyrs” to the Telangana government.

It also said that BJP ministers had been met with black flag protests across the country.

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