'Agitation Not Just Against Farm Laws': Samyukta Kisan Morcha Says Some Demands Still Pending

As reported by PTI, the SKM has welcomed the move although they said that the protest is not just against the three farm laws. 

A file image of Kisan Morcha leaders at a farmers' protest | Photo: AFP

New Delhi: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to repeal the three contentious farm laws lassed last year, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has reacted to the central government's decision. The SKM though welcomed the move, it said the farmers' protest is not just against the three farm laws.  

The SKM has specified that they will wait until the announcement takes effect through due parliamentary proceedings. “We welcome govt's decision to repeal three farm laws, will wait for the announcement to take effect through due parliamentary procedures,” the SKM said in a statement. 

Agitation not just against new farm laws, demand on statutory guarantee for remunerative prices for crops still pending: SKM

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 19, 2021

We welcome govt's decision to repeal three farm laws, will wait for announcement to take effect through due parliamentary procedures: SKM

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 19, 2021

The SKM also said that they will be holding a meeting to decide the future course of action, ABP News reported. The farmers' protests had other demands too which included drafting laws on the issue of Minimum Support Price. Still there are a lot of demands that the government has not fulfilled. 

Leader of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, Rakesh Tikait has given his statement regarding repealing the farm laws. Through a tweet, the farmer leader said that the protest would not be withdrawn yet. “We are waiting for the day when the laws will be repealed in the parliament,” wrote Tikait. He further wrote that the government needs to talk on other issues of the farmers as well along with the MSP.

आंदोलन तत्काल वापस नहीं होगा, हम उस दिन का इंतजार करेंगे जब कृषि कानूनों को संसद में रद्द किया जाएगा ।

सरकार MSP के साथ-साथ किसानों के दूसरे मुद्दों पर भी बातचीत करें : @RakeshTikaitBKU#FarmersProtest

— Rakesh Tikait (@RakeshTikaitBKU) November 19, 2021

Bhanu Pratap Singh, president of the BKU-Bhanu faction, welcomed the move, but urged PM Modi to constitute a farm committee that would determine the crop rates. He also demanded to waive farmers’ loans. “I welcome this move. Due to anti-farm policies for 75 years, farmers died due to debts. I urge PM Modi to form a farm committee and let it decide crop rates. Farmers' loans should be waived off in a day through an announcement like today's,” said Bhanu Pratap, as reported by ANI. 

I welcome this move. Due to anti-farm policies for 75 years, farmers died due to debts. I urge PM Modi to form a farm committee and let it decide crop rates. Farmers' loans should be waived off in a day through an announcement like today's: Bhanu Pratap Singh, BKU-BHANU President pic.twitter.com/GFMdKx39fR

— ANI (@ANI) November 19, 2021