New Delhi: Farmers protest three central agricultural laws plan to intensify seven-month agitation during the Monsoon Parliament session.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha – Farmers’ union umbrella body – announced on Sunday that a group of 200 farmers will protest the parliament outside every day during the upcoming Monsun session.
Sessions will be held from July 19 to August 13.
The farmers said that on July 17, two days before the parliamentary session began, they would submit the “Patra Chetavani” (a warning letter) to the opposition members who asked them to protest the law at home.
“We will also ask opposition parliamentarians on July 17 to increase this problem every day in the house while we will sit outside in protest.
We will tell them not to benefit the center by walking out of the session.
Don’t let the session run until the government discusses the government This problem, “said the leader of the Balbir Farmer Singh Rajewal.
The opposition MPS has vocal against three laws introduced by the government last year.
They even do walkouts when the law is cleaned in parliament.
Describing the protest, Rajewal said that five protesters from each agricultural union would be taken to join agitation.
Protests outside the parliament will continue until our demands are fulfilled, he added.
SKM also called for national protests on July 8 to the increase in gasoline cylinder prices, diesel and LPG.
It asked people to come out and park their vehicles in the state and national highways starting at 10am to 12pm.
Thousands of farmers protested agricultural law marching to the national capital in November last year to intensify their agitation.
Farmers have been placed at several border points Delhi since then, refusing to go until the government attracts the law.
Farmers worry about the law will open the way for the end of the minimum support price system – a central procurement regime that guarantees prices for certain plants.
The government has repeatedly tried to ease farmers’ concerns, saying that MSP-based procurement will continue.
(With input from PTI)