New Delhi: A formal decision on ending the year-long farmers’ agitation will be taken on Thursday. reached a revised draft proposal On their pending demands of the Center
The Center on Wednesday sent a fresh proposal to the SKM after the outfit said the earlier draft on pending demands was not acceptable to them.
He said, “We agree with the government on our demands. We will decide to suspend the agitation after tomorrow’s meeting. No decision has been taken yet on withdrawing the agitation. Another meeting of the SKM tomorrow (Thursday) at 12 noon. It’ll be o’clock.” afternoon,” farmer leader and SKM core committee member Gurnam Singh Chaduni said at a press conference.
Gurnam Singh Chaduni said, “Agreement has been made on the new proposal of the government. Now the formal letter signed on the letterhead of the government is awaited.”
Despite the Center withdrawing three agriculture laws, farmers have continued their protest over the pending demands. On 29 November a bill was passed in the Parliament to repeal the three laws.
The farmers have demanded a legal guarantee on the MSP of crops, compensation to the families of farmers killed during the agitation and withdrawal of cases against the protesters.
on Tuesday, SKM had sought clarification on certain points Including pre-conditions for withdrawal of cases against farmers in the proposal of the Government. The government had proposed that the cases would be withdrawn after the agitation was over.
The SKM had said, “The government’s resolution says that only when we end the agitation, they will withdraw the cases (against the farmers). We are apprehensive about it.”
Facing the heat and bitter cold, thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at several border points in Delhi such as Singhu and Tikri since November 26, 2020.
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