The United Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday announced that a group of about 200 farmers will protest in front of Parliament every day against the three agriculture laws of the Center during the monsoon session. The Morcha has also warned the opposition MPs to either raise our voice inside the House or resign. Before that, on July 8, there will be a nationwide protest against the rising prices of petrol-diesel and LPG gas.
More than 40 farmer organizations, under the banner of the United Kisan Morcha, have been protesting on the borders of Delhi since November last year against the agricultural laws. The SKM told a press conference that two days before the start of the monsoon session, a ‘warning letter’ would be given to all opposition MPs to oppose the laws inside the House.
Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said, “We will also ask the opposition MPs to raise the issue every day inside the House, while we sit outside in protest. We will ask them not to benefit the Center by walking out of Parliament. Don’t let the session go on till the government resolves this issue.
The monsoon session of Parliament is going to begin from July 19. Rajewal said, ‘We will continuously protest outside Parliament till they listen to our demands.’ He said that 5 people from each farmer organization would be taken to join the protest.
The United Kisan Morcha also called for a nationwide protest on July 8 against the rising prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders. The Morcha asked people to come out on state and national highways from 10 am to 12 noon and park their vehicles there.
“Whatever vehicle you have, tractor, trolley, car, scooter, bus, bring it to the nearest state or national highway and park it there. But don’t create traffic jams.’ He also asked to bring LPG cylinders in protest.
The farmer leader also appealed to the people to “honk the horn of their vehicles” for eight minutes at 12 pm. He also asked to bring LPG cylinders in protest. “I call upon all women to bring their gas cylinders on the streets and be a part of the protest,” the farmer leader said.
Responding to a question about Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar’s recent statement, Rajewal said farmers “won’t talk with conditions”. The Agriculture Minister had said the government was ready to hold talks with farmers. “Leaders want to talk about agricultural laws with conditions, we are ready to talk to them but only if they agree to repeal the laws,” Rajewal said.
Tomar had on July 1 asserted that the three agriculture laws of the Center would revolutionize the lives of farmers and made it clear that the government was ready to hold talks with the protesting farmers, barring the demand for repeal of these laws.