60 tractors will head to Parliament in the national capital
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait said on Tuesday that, Nearly, 60 tractors will head to Parliament in the national capital as part of a tractor march, which will be organised by farmer unions on November 29 (with the beginning of the winter session of Parliament), to demand for a fix guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.
Rakesh Tikait told ANI, "The tractors will go through the roads, which have been opened by the government. We were accused of keeping the roads blocked. We did not block the road. Blocking the roads is not our movement. Perhaps, our movement is to talk to the government. We will go straight to the Parliament.”
Rakesh Tikait made this statement after Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised that the Centre will repeal the three farm laws that triggered nationwide farmers' protest. The Union cabinet is expected to take up the farm law repeal bill for clearance today and it is expected that it will be tabled in the winter session of Parliament.
Adding more to it, Tikait also announced that at least a thousand people will head to the Parliament to press for the MSP law among other issues.
The BKU leader told ANI, "We are awaiting the government's response on MSP. Moreover, the incidents that happened in the past one year, in which 750 farmers died, the government should also take responsibility for that.”
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), who have been the leaders of the protests, in an official statement said that tractor rallies will also be organised in state capitals distant from Delhi.
"Preparations are going on for marking November 26, 2021, on the completion of 12 long and continuous months of struggle by lakhs of farmers in India - Thousands of farmers will come to the morcha sites on that day around Delhi," SKM said.
Adding more they said that the day will also be celebrated as a “partial victory” of their movement.
SKM informed that, "Solidarity events" are also being planned across the world by the Indian diaspora as well as international farmers' organisations.
Parliament's winter session will commence on November 29 and is expected to continue till December 23.
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