File picture of farmer leader V M Singh
NEW DELHI: Five farmers from each Uttar Pradesh village will fast for eight hours daily and send messages to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking withdrawal of the three farm laws and legal guarantee for MSP, Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (RKMS) president V M Singh said on Tuesday.
The RKMS had withdrawn its support from the ongoing farmers agitation against the three contentious central laws following the violence in Delhi on Republic Day. It joined 21 other farmer outfits on Sunday to form the Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (UPKMM). Five farmers from each village in Uttar Pradesh will observe a fast from 9 am to 5 pm. At 3 pm, these farmers will record two-minute messages, introducing themselves to Prime Minister Modi and sharing their grievances on the new farms laws, which will be uploaded on our website, Singh said at a press conference here.
Leader of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangh, VM Singh (Photo/ANI)
Farmers from UP villages to fast, send messages to PM every day from March 1, says farmer leader ANI | Updated: Feb 24, 2021 00:19 IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): The Uttar PradeshKisan Mazdoor Morcha on Tuesday said it will launch a village-level agitation across the state from March 1 seeking withdrawal of the Centre s three farm laws and guarantee to purchase at the minimum support price (MSP).
VM Singh, leader of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sanghatan (RKMS) , which has joined 21 other farmer outfits to form the Uttar PradeshKisan Mazdoor Morcha (UPKMM). said: This new movement will start from March 1, where five people from each village will observe fast every day and record messages to be sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi every two minutes. If even 500 villages are covered in one district, then 5000 men will let the prime minister know through the website the voices
Lakha Sidhana (L), who is wanted in connection with the violence in Delhi on Republic Day, during farmers protest against the new farm laws, in Bathinda on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI: Further intensifying their agitation, the farmers on Tuesday observed ‘Pagdi Sambhal Divas’ at the Delhi borders in protest against the three central farm laws. The event, organised by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), was inspired by the ‘Pagdi Sambhal Lehar’ of 1906.
Here are the key developments of the day:
1. Donning traditional turbans and singing songs of the peasant movement, protesting farmers marked day-long ‘Pagdi Sambhal Divas’. “At that time also, the government had passed three anti-farmer laws against which the peasant movement started and it was successful. The unity of the farmers proves that this movement will also be successful,” an SKM statement said, referring to ‘Pagdi Sambhal Lehar of 1906. Once turban used to be pride of the farmer, but the government has forced farmers
NEW DELHI: Twenty-two farmer organisations of Uttar Pradesh have joined hands to launch village-level agitation across the state from March 1 where five farmers from each village will observe fast for eight hours every day and record messages for Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking withdrawal of three farm laws and legal guarantee to purchase at minimum support price (MSP).
“Idea behind this kind of protest is to take it to every nook and corner of the state instead of joining the protesters at Delhi borders. We have devised a new way of protest where the farmers can stay in their villages and also take part in the agitation without neglecting their day-to-day farm operations,” said V M Singh of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (RKMS).