SKM Announces Next Phase Of Farmers' Movement In April

SKM Demands MSP Guarantee!

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an Umbrella body for farmers, has again announced its protest. The major focus behind this protest is they are demanding the Minimum support price (MSP) guarantee. 

As per the information, it has announced the next phase of the nationwide campaign for ‘MSP Legal Guarantee Week’ which will be observed between April 11 to 17 2022. The farmers` body has also decided to organize a nationwide protest on March 21 over the role of the government in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.

According to the information given by SKM in a statement read, "During this week, all the constituent organizations associated with the SKM will organize dharnas, demonstrations, seminars, demanding a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (C2+50 percent) as recommended by the Swaminathan Commission, to all farmers on all their agricultural produce," it said.

Further, it said, "It is a matter of surprise that in such a serious case, the son of the Union Minister got bail so soon while the farmers implicated in the same case are still in jail," SKM said, ensuring full legal help by the Morcha to the families of the farmers."

"There is no trace of the assurance of forming a committee on MSP. Except for Haryana, the police cases registered against the farmers during the agitation in other states have not been withdrawn. Delhi Police has spoken of partial withdrawal of some cases but there is no concrete information about that as well. Nothing has happened about the cases registered during Rail Rokos across the country."

Farmers from all across including Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Tripura, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh participated in this national meeting initiated by the SKM.