New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will meet with a delegation of seven farmer leaders on Wednesday at around 11 am in the Parliament. The farmer leaders may request Gandhi to introduce a private member bill addressing their long-standing demands.
According to the sources, farmers have asked the Rae Bareli MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, to bring a private member bill to fulfill their long-standing demands.
Meanwhile, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha leaders announced on Monday that they would burn effigies of the Modi government all over the nation and launch a fresh protest to fulfil their demands for legalising the MSP guarantee.
Addressing a press conference, farmer leaders from Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) leaders also said that the farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ march will complete 200 days on August 31 and appealed to people to reach Khanauri, Shambhu, etc on the Punjab and Haryana border.
Following the announcement, they further informed both the organizations Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) will hold a mega rally in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on September 1. As part of this protest, they will also stage a “long march” to support the private bills by the opposition.
Earlier in February, farmers’ protest 2.0 began, however, they were stopped at the Haryana borders for several days. The Haryana government had set up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway after farmer’s unions announced that farmers would march to Delhi in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
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