Skip to main content

‘Ready to Accept All Demands of Farmers’, Says Centre in Fresh Letter to SKM

New Delhi: An urgent meeting of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s five-member committee is currently underway in the national capital. The meeting is being held likely to take a decision on the future course of action on farmers’ protest. The main meeting to discuss whether to call off the stir will however be held at 2 pm on Wednesday. As per reports, ahead of the meeting, the government at the Centre in a fresh letter to SKM said that it is ready to accept all demands of farmers.

Moments before the urgent meeting, Ashok Dhawale, one of the members of SKM’s 5-member committee said, “We appreciate that the government is ready for talks and is giving something in writing. But the proposal had a few flaws, so last night, we sent it back with some amendments and are awaiting their response.”

He added, “The formation of an MSP-focused committee is needed, including members from the farmers’ union. The government also said that the cases registered against us will be taken back after we finish the movement, which is wrong. We don’t like sitting here in the cold. The compensation has been approved theoretically, we need something concrete like the Punjab model. They also promised to take back the Electricity bill, but now they want to discuss it with the stakeholders and then put it up in Parliament. It’s contradictory.”

Earlier on Tuesday, SKM held a meeting to discuss the Centre’s response and said that some pending issues still remain. The farmers’ body informed that the government, in its proposal, has asked them to first end the protest and only then cases against them will be taken back. Addressing the press conference after the meeting on Tuesday, SKM’s Balbir Singh Rajewal said that they will not accept the government’s condition that cases against farmers will be withdrawn after agitation is called off.

“Government’s proposal says after we end the movement, then only will they withdraw cases. We are apprehensive about it. Government should immediately begin with the (cases’ withdrawal) procedure. Final decision to be taken at tomorrow’s meeting,” said Balbir Singh Rajewal.

Bharatiya Kisan Union’s (BKU) Gurnam Singh Charuni said the Centre should follow the Punjab model while giving compensation to the kin of over 700 deceased farmers. “For compensation to over 700 deceased farmers’ kin, we want the Centre to follow Punjab model; Rs 5 lakh compensation and a job as announced by Punjab government should be implemented by Government of India as well,” Charuni said.

The SKM further said that they have sent a few suggestions and objections to the government’s proposal on our pending demands. “The government wants both farmers and government officials should be part of the committee on MSP and other pending demands,” they said.

On November 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre will bring necessary bills in the winter session of Parliament beginning later this month to repeal the farm laws. The Prime Minister also said that the government will constitute a committee to work on a new framework for Minimum Support Price (MSP).

Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill on the first day of the winter session on November 29. President Ram Nath Kovind has also given his assent to the Bill that completes the process of repealing the three farm laws. The SKM called off a planned tractor march to Parliament on November 29 and said that it would wait until December 4 for the Union government to formally respond to its demands, which it had stated in an open letter to the Prime Minister. Farmers have been protesting against the farm laws on various borders of Delhi since November 26, 2020.



source https://www.india.com/news/india/farmers-protest-live-ready-to-accept-all-demands-of-farmers-says-centre-in-fresh-letter-to-skm-bku-withdraw-farmers-protest-msp-5128636/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Tamil Nadu YouTuber Held For Controversial Tweet On Coonoor air crash

Chennai: A YouTuber named Maridhas has been arrested by the Tamil Nadu police from his residence in Madurai for his controversial tweet on the IAF chopper crash near Coonoor on Wednesday, in which India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other armed forces personnel were killed. In the tweet, which he later deleted, Maridhas asked whether Tamil Nadu was turning into Kashmir under DMK rule. He also said in a separate tweet that cadres and sympathisers of DMK made fun of the passing away of General Rawat, adding that DMK was the first choice for separatist forces. BJP cadres had blocked the entry of police to his residence at Surya Nagar in Maduria and the police had to use force to take him into custody. Maridhas has been charged under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code by the Cyber Police. source https://www.india.com/news/india/tamil-nadu-youtuber-held-for-controversial-tweet-on-coonoor-air-crash-5132165/
Post a Comment
Read more

Weekly RT-PCR Mandatory For Unvaccinated Employees In Kerala. Details Here

Thiruvananthapuram : In an effort to make everyone get vaccinated, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said anyone not following COVID prevention measures, like vaccination, will not be provided free treatment. He also said that non-vaccinated teachers and employees who work from offices or interact with public will have to submit weekly results of RT-PCR tests. “No more free treatment for those who do not cooperate with Covid prevention measures. Non vaccinated teachers and employees who work from offices or interact with public, will have to submit weekly results of RT-PCR tests, paid for by themselves, to ensure safety of all,” Vijayan said in a tweet. No more free treatment for those who do not cooperate with Covid prevention measures. Non vaccinated teachers and employees who work from offices or interact with public, will have to submit weekly results of RTPCR tests, paid for by themselves, to ensure safety of all. — Pinarayi Vijayan (@vijayanpinarayi) November ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Mark Zuckerberg Changes Facebook’s Name To Meta In Rebranding Effort; More Focus On Virtual World

San Francisco : In a rebranding effort, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday changed Facebook’s name to ‘Meta’ to represent a future beyond just its social network. “We’ve learned a lot from struggling with social issues and living under closed platforms, and now it is time to take everything that we’ve learned and help build the next chapter,” Zuckerberg said during a conference. Giving further details, Zuckerberg in his opening remark said privacy and safety need to be built into the metaverse. The development comes at a time when Facebook continues to battle criticism over its market power and its content moderation practices. In the recent past, Facebook, which reports about 2.9 billion monthly users, has faced increasing scrutiny from global lawmakers and regulators. It must be noted that Zuckerberg over the period of time has increasingly been promoting the idea of Facebook, which has invested heavily in augmented and virtual reality. Facebook in a statement said it would introduce a ...
Post a Comment
Read more