The farmers have scheduled a meeting of Sankuta Kisan Morcha (SKM) today, where the future course of action will be decided.
“We have a meeting of the SKM on Saturday and the future course of our action will be decided only after that,” the farmers’ union leaders said.
Farmers have gathered in large numbers at the three Delhi border points of Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri, marking one year of their agitation against the three agricultural laws.
According to the farmers’ unions, this day will forever be remembered as one of the greatest moments of the people’s struggle in history.
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Senior farmer leader Rakesh Tikait tweeted, “It has been a year of struggle mixed with happiness and sadness. We are fighting and winning. We will fight and win. MSP law is the right of farmers.”
Thousands of farmers in tractors arrived at three protest sites on Friday and many of them with colorful turbans, sunshades, long beards and twisted moustaches danced on the roofs of tractors, distributed sweets and hugged each other to mark the occasion. Which looked like a festival. ,
Samkyukata Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of protesting unions, claimed that lakhs of farmers took part in assemblies, rallies, marches and chakka jams organized in Karnataka, West Bengal, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Telangana, Andhra took. Pradesh and Odisha in other states.
In a statement, the SKM said, “The day marks twelve long months of farmers’ struggle, in which many victories seem impossible, and even impossible, to continue the struggle for the unfulfilled demands of the farmers.” With will and determination.”
It also said that the agrarian movement stands as evidence of the will of the common people to fight against a “relentless” government, and will, for a long time, be remembered as an example of the peaceful “satyagraha” inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. . Indian independence movement.
Delhi traffic police issued advisory
Delhi Traffic Police has said that farmers have started reaching the city limits in large numbers. The police have asked commuters traveling from Ghaziabad towards the national capital to take an alternate route as there is a possibility of traffic jam due to its security arrangements.
Delhi Traffic Police tweeted, “Ghazipur underpass intersection with barricading by local police remains heavy oncoming traffic from Ghaziabad to Delhi. Commuters are advised to take Alternate Vikas Marg/GT Road to Delhi. “
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), an influential farmers’ union from western Uttar Pradesh, has been leading the Ghazipur border since November last year.
“We have a meeting of SKM on Saturday and only after that the further strategy will be decided,” he said.
BKU spokesperson Saurabh Upadhyay said, “We have planned a march towards Delhi on November 29, but the SKM will take a decision on Saturday.”
“A large number of supporters started reaching the border on Friday morning and by evening we are expecting more than 50,000 people to come to Ghazipur alone,” he said.
SKM said in a statement that the farmers’ organization in its letter to the Prime Minister on November 21 had raised six demands, including legal guarantee of MSP for all products based on C2+50 per cent formula, withdrawal of the draft “Electricity Amendment Bill”. take is included. , 2020/2021″.
(Inputs from PTI)
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