24 December2024, Chandigarh: Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella of Indian Farmers’ unions, through a Memorandum, has urged the President of India, Smt. Draupadi Murmu to direct the central government to ‘Save life of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is sitting on fast-unto-death since November 26; Stop repression on farmers marching to Delhi; Release all farmers of Noida – Greater Noida from Luxer Jail; Withdraw the National Agriculture Market Policy and Immediately hold discussions with all farmers organisations on struggle.
“We strongly demand you to direct the Union Government to save the life of farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, stop repression and tear gas shelling on farmers marching to Delhi, release all the farmers put in Luxer Jail of Gatam Buddha Nagar, withdraw the falsely implicated charges including attempt to murder on them and take stringent action against the Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh and others responsible for the conspiracy, withdraw the National Agriculture Market Policy, Digital Agriculture Mission and the National Cooperation Policy and immediately hold discussions with all the farmer organisations on struggle and accept the genuine long pending demands of farmers on MSP, loan waiver, privatization of electricity, and implementation of LARR Act 2013.”
SKM memorandum states that they strongly protest against the NDA 3 led Union Government for not adhering to democratic principles of governance and hold discussions with all the farmers’ organisations and platforms who are struggling for the genuine demands. The farmers’ union has reminded that even the Supreme Court had asked for holding consultations with the farmers.
SKM has given a call to the farmers to organize protest on 23rd December 2024 in all districts across the country and stated that the NDA2 Government had shamelessly violated the agreement signed with Samyukta Kisan Morcha dated 9th December 2021 made in the wake of the historic farmers Struggle at Delhi borders that ensured repeal of three Farm acts.
SKM added that it had submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister, Leaders of Opposition in both the houses of Parliament and all the Members of the Parliament on 16, 17, 18 July 2024 just after the NDA3 Government took office after the 18th Lok Sabha election. Farmers organized a protest against the corporate control on agriculture across the country on 9th August 2024. SKM along with Platforms of Central Trade Unions and Agricultural Workers Unions conducted massive worker-farmer protest demonstrations in more than 500 districts participated by nearly ten lakh people and submitted a memorandum to you through the district collectors on 26th November 2024.
The Farmers’ Union, showing its resentment, stated that it is highly unfortunate that the Prime Minister, Shri. Narndra Modi is not ready to hold discussions with farmer organisations on struggles. Instead, consistent efforts are there to brutally suppress the struggles of farmers at Shambu and Khanuri borders of Punjab and Noida- Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh by using tear gas shelling, rubber bullets, water cannons and putting hundreds of farmers in jail for holding peaceful demonstrations and Dharna.
SKM divulged that in the Gautam Buddha Nagar, the FIR No.0538 dated 4th December 2024 reveals that the Police Commissionerate has implicated 112 farmers on false charges of section 109 of Baratiya Nagraik Nyay Samhita for attempt to murder of a Police Sub Inspector one Rajiv Kumar and stop the Metro Train which are baseless. The farmers are in jail for the last 21 days.
Showing concern over the ‘New National Agriculture Market Policy’(NNAMP), SKM stated that the new policy is a part of the strategy of the corporate agenda to permit backdoor resurrection of the three farm laws. The conscious efforts in the last two years to thwart procurement in APMC markets in Punjab and Haryana, dismantle FCI by promoting cash transfer on food subsidy, reduction of food subsidy by Rs. 60,470 Cr. and fertiliser subsidy by Rs. 62,445 Cr. in the last three consecutive years are corporate attacks on the existing system of limited MSP and Food security of the country.
The Farmers’ Union alleged that the corporate forces are challenging the working people of India and the Union Government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is serving the corporate interests only.
Requesting to intervene, the SKM urged the President, “We hope, as the head of the Government of India, you will take serious note of the genuine demands raised in this representation by the farmers of this country and will ensure adequate, immediate action on them.”
Commenting over the farmers’ issues, the SKM leader and National Vice-President of All India Kisan Sabha, Dr. Inderjeet Singh told the Ground Post that the 23rd December call for protest is against the backdoor entry of regressive policy as well as extremely serious health condition of Dallewal ji causing concern of the people in Punjab, Haryana and elsewhere.
He added that a new situation has arisen with the release of draft of National Policy Framework of Agriculture Marketing which is looked upon as a revival of the three farm laws since repealed as a result of prolonged historical struggle of farmers and this is absolutely unacceptable and it will have to be explained to the farmers and other stakeholders in terms of exclusion an overwhelming majority of the small and marginal farmers will have to face rendered pauperisation.
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