In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister and released to the Media, Morcha said they hailed Prime Minister’s declaration in an address to the nation that controversial three farm laws would be repealed in the upcoming session of parliament this month. “We hope your government will fulfill this promise at the earliest and in full”.
Morcha said PM is well aware that repeal of the three black laws is not the only demand of this movement. From the very beginning of the talks with the government, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha had raised three additional demands, the letter said.
The farmers want to go home as you have also urged them, then the government should immediately resume talks with the Morcha on the these issues. Till then, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha will continue this movement, the Morcha asserted.
SKM said the Minimum Support Price based on the comprehensive cost of production (C2+50%) should be made a legal entitlement of all farmers for all agricultural produce, so that every farmer of the country can be guaranteed at least the MSP announced by the government for their entire crop. The Committee formed under your Chairpersonship had made this recommendation to the then Prime Minister in 2011 and your government had also announced about this in the Parliament), Morcha reminded.
The second demand that is part of the current agitation is the withdraw the draft "Electricity Amendments Bill, 2020/2021" proposed by the government. During the talks, the government had promised that it would be withdrawn, but then, in a breach of promise, it was included in the Parliament's agenda, Morcha charged.
Third is removal of the penal provisions on farmers in the "Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act 2021". This year, the government removed some anti-farmer provisions but again through section 15, possibility for penal action against farmers has been brought back, Morcha demanded.
In the course of the agitation, thousands of farmers have been implicated in hundreds of cases from June 2020 till date in Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and several other states. These cases should be withdrawn immediately, Morcha demanded.
Morcha claimed those hundred of farmers who died during the movement should get compensation and rehabilitation support for their families and a memorial be raised in the memory of the martyr farmers, land should be given at Singhu Border, they demand.
