SKM to intensify stir to press for key demands
The Hindu
SKM plans nationwide protests and a 'Worker-Farmer Parliament' to demand key agricultural reforms and oppose the India-U.S. trade deal.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a coalition of farmers’ unions, on Tuesday resolved to hold a ‘Worker-Farmer Parliament’ at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on March 9, coinciding with the resumption of the Budget Session of Parliament.
The decision was taken at its national council meeting in Haryana’s Kurukshetra that was attended by over 150 participants from nine States.
Coordination meetings will be held with trade unions and agricultural workers’ unions to decide the final plan of action, read a statement from the SKM.
At the meeting, officiated by the coalition’s seven-member praesidium, the SKM resolved to intensify “independent and united struggles” till the Centre meets its key demands.
The demands include not signing the India-U.S. trade deal; withdrawal of the Seed Bill, 2025, Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, four Labour Codes, and Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025; and legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
From February 27, SKM delegations will meet Chief Ministers and Leaders of the Opposition (LoPs) of several States, demanding that they “fight against the centralisation of power” by the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and seek “protection of federal rights”.
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