500. as many farmers The United Kisan Morcha on Tuesday said it would take part in a peaceful tractor march to Parliament every day during the winter session beginning November 29.
The winter session of Parliament will start from November 29 and will continue till December 23.
NS farmer’s body He said the march would be taken out to mark the completion of one year of protest against the controversial agricultural laws.
SKM said, “SKM has decided that from November 29 till the end of this Parliament session, 500 selected farmer volunteers will go to Parliament every day peacefully and with full discipline in tractor trolleys, to claim their rights to protest in the national capital. can go.” .
This will be done to “increase pressure” on the central government to “force it to accept the demands” for which farmers across the country have launched a historic struggle.
The SKM also said that on November 26, huge crowds will gather along all the borders of Delhi from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan.
“All the farm unions in SKM will strongly mobilize farmers for this occasion. There will be huge public meetings there (on the borders) that day. Tributes will be paid to more than 650 martyrs in this struggle so far.”
It has also called for large-scale Mahapanchayats in state capitals.
Earlier, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait had said that the central government has time till November 26 to repeal the agricultural laws.
“The central government has time till November 26, after that from November 27, farmers will reach the border at movement sites around Delhi by tractors from villages and fortify tents with strong fortifications at the movement and movement site,” he said. Tweet.
Farmers from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the laws struck down by the Supreme Court in January on the borders of Delhi since November 26 last year.
Earlier in March also, farmers took out a “foot march” to Parliament to protest the three agricultural laws.
On 26 January, a tractor rally turned violent, with protesters breaking barricades and storming the Red Fort.
With inputs from agencies.
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