New Delhi: The day after Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar told Lok Sabha that the government had no record of the loss of nervous farmers who died during the ongoing protest movement, Samyukta Kisan Morcha released a list, claiming that more than 537 farmers died since November 2020 .
This list includes details of 33 farmers suspected of committing suicide during protests.
Citing media reports and other records, an open blog brings details of the residential address of the deceased and the cause of their deaths in various locations of protests over the past seven months.
The pursuit of Tomar’s statement as “embarrassing and regrettable”, the Farmers Union, protested the revocation of three central agricultural laws, said, “SKM wants to remind Tomar and his colleagues that in December 2020, all delegates officially stand in silence to pay respect for martyrs.