'Meeting Held In Positive Atmosphere': Punjab Farmer Leaders Meet 3 Union Ministers In Chandigarh
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann coordinated with them to arrange the meeting with the central team.
New Delhi: Farmers from Punjab on Thursday met with Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Nityanand Rai, Arjun Munda, and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh.
The farmers are preparing for the ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation on February 13 to press for demands, including the enactment of a law to guarantee a minimum support price for crops and implementation of the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations.
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann coordinated with them to arrange the meeting with the central team.
#WATCH | Chandigarh | Farmer leaders address the media after a meeting with Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Nityanand Rai, Arjun Munda and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
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Jagjit Singh Dallewal says, "We had a meeting with the Government today. The meeting was held in a positive… pic.twitter.com/kT23n5M0ts
#WATCH | Chandigarh | Sarwan Singh Pandher, general secretary, Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee says, "Each of the farmer leaders spoke with facts on all our 10 demands. The Ministers said that the Government will deliberate on those demands. We will get to know about the… pic.twitter.com/urxIKOdkVG
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The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha had announced the 'Delhi Chalo' march by more than 200 farmers' unions on February 13 to press the Centre to accept several demands, including enactment of a law to guarantee a minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
Dallewal had earlier said three central ministers will hold a meeting with them in Chandigarh. "We have come here. We do not run away from the meeting," said Dallewal.
He said one of their main demands included a legal guarantee for the MSP which had been "promised" by the Centre earlier.
Besides a legal guarantee for the MSP, the farmers are also demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police cases and "justice" for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.