NEW DELHI: Emboldened by the success of the students’ protests here at Jantar Mantar, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM)—the umbrella organisation of farmer groups involved in the anti-farm laws agitation five years ago—on Monday announced that it would restart protests at 100 locations, including Delhi, across India from November 26 – the day which will mark the sixth anniversary of the year-long farmers’ protest, which culminated in the repeal of the three farm laws in December 2021.The protests will demand a law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP), repeal of all free trade agreements and no India-US FTA, and a comprehensive loan waiver to address rural indebtedness. The SKM’s demand list also includes four other demands such as scrapping of four labour codes; minimum wage of Rs. 31,000 payable to all workers as well as restoration of the previous rural job guarantee scheme; withdrawal of Electricity Privatisation Bill 2025, the Seed Bill 2025, and the NFSA Amendment Bill; and no forceful land acquisition.
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“The protest will not be called off until all seven principal demands are achieved,” said P Krishnaprasad of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), a constituent of SKM. “The decisive mass struggle, coordinated with joint platforms and organisations of workers, farmers, agricultural workers, students, youth, women and all other social sections facing the brunt of corporate attack under the NDA regime will advance based on worker-peasant unity to end the prolonged agrarian crisis and labour exploitation, and to build a modern democratic, federal, secular India,” he said while announcing the overall protest plan of the SKM.
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