Call for "Delhi Chalo": Three Union ministers will meet again with leaders of farmers on February 12

Call for "Delhi Chalo": Three Union ministers will meet again with leaders of farmers on February 12

At their first meeting with the three Union ministers on February 8, representatives of farmer groups conducted in-depth talks and organized a 'Delhi Chalo' march to highlight their demands, which included passing legislation guaranteeing a minimum support price. had produced. Crops were carried out.

Bhagwant Mann, the chief minister of Punjab, who organized the gathering in collaboration with farmer leaders, was there as well.

The Center has invited farmers to a meeting on February 12 to address their requests, according to a statement made by farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Saturday. He said that on February 12, three Union ministers—Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda, and Nityanand Rai—will arrive in Chandigarh for negotiations. a delegation from the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and the non-political Samyukt Kisan Morcha.

This meeting is scheduled to take place at the Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration in Sector 26 here, one day ahead of the farmers' planned 'Delhi Chalo' march. Pandher also revealed a letter extending an invitation for him to speak in Chandigarh. At their first meeting with the three Union ministers on February 8, representatives of farmer groups conducted in-depth talks and organized a 'Delhi Chalo' march to highlight their demands, which included passing legislation guaranteeing a minimum support price. had produced. Crops were carried out.

Bhagwant Mann, the chief minister of Punjab, who organized the gathering in collaboration with farmer leaders, was there as well. Following the conference, farmer representatives said that they had received assurances from Union Ministers about the timing of the next series of meetings. The intended 'Delhi Chalo' march on February 13 is still going forward, according to farmer organizers.

However, Mann stated that the minister and farmer leaders had reached an agreement on a number of issues, including as the removal of lawsuits that had been filed against farmers during the earlier protests against the now-repeated agricultural regulations and the imposition of harsher penalties for fake seeds and pesticides. A 'Delhi Chalo' march by more than 200 farmer unions was called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha on February 13 in an attempt to persuade the Center to grant a number of requests.

In the meanwhile, Pandher, general secretary of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti, denounced the Haryana government's move to stop bulk SMS and mobile internet services in seven districts. According to him, the farmers are prepared for a "historic" march on February 13 in the nation's capital.