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The farmers are protesting once more, alleging that the government has failed to fulfil the promises made in 2020–2021. They also blame the government for not attempting to double their incomes. Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) organised a statewide rural and industrial strike to show displeasure with the government. [17]
On 24 December, 20,000 Kisan Sena members marched to Delhi in support of farm laws. [ 179 ] [ 180 ] However, five of the groups supporting the laws were directly linked with the ruling party and many do not have any relation to agriculture or farmers.
Yogendra Yadav of Jai Kisan Andolan issued an appeal to all "farmers from adjoining areas of national capital to be prepared" for the 'Kisan Gantantra Diwas Parade'. Before the main tractor-parade on 26 January, SKM leadership announced a rehearsal of the same on 6 January 2021.
The national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, Rakesh Tikait, stated the protests would only cease once the laws were repealed, and if a Minimum Support Price guarantee law is passed through the Parliament, by the will of the government and also to form a committee for the purpose of direct communication for other farm interests of ...
The members of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and its supporters although ideologically diverse are united by their commitment to strategy of peaceful andolan (movement); and by the common minimum program of getting the Government to repeal the three farm acts, and make law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for 23 crops. [15] [16]
The Lakhimpur Kheri incident [18] was a sequence of violent incidents comprising a vehicle-ramming attack, drive-by shooting [19] and a mob lynching all on 3 October 2021 at Banbirpur village near Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Kisan and Khet Mazdoor Congress (abbreviated as KKMC) is a trade union of agricultural labourers in India. KKMC is the Peasant's wing of Indian National Congress . Sukhpal Singh Khaira is the Chairman of KKMC since 2022.
Maharashtra has been the state worst affected by suicides in farming sector with over 60,000 deaths between the period from 1995 to 2013. [32]According to the National Crime Records Bureau, the states with the highest incidence of farmer suicide in 2022 were Maharashtra (4,248), Karnataka (2,392), Andhra Pradesh (917), and Tamil Nadu (728) and Madhya Pradesh (641). [33]