At mahapanchayat in Delhi, farmers ask Centre to fulfill promises made while rolling back farm laws

Thousands of farmers on Monday gathered at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan for a “kisan mahapanchayat” – farmers’ conclave – demanding that the Centre fulfills the commitments it had made in 2021 while repealing the three agriculture laws, reported PTI.

The farmers held the demonstration under the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella of farmers’ unions, that had spearheaded the protests against three farm laws in 2020.

The three farm laws were withdrawn by Parliament on November 29, 2021, after more than a year of protests.

However, farmer leaders had said that they will continue their protest till their other demands are met. These included a legal guarantee on minimum support price on crops, withdrawal of cases lodged against the protestors during the farm law agitation and suspension of minister Ajay Mishra from the Union Cabinet, among others.

The Centre had then sent draft proposals on the farmers’ demand. After some deliberations, the farmers on December 9, 2021, accepted the proposal and decided to call off the agitation against the farm laws.

However, the protesting farmers allege their demands have not been fulfilled yet.

#Watch Thousands of farmers gather at Ramlila Maidan for the Kisan Mahapanchayat. They are protesting for a guaranteed MSP on crops and waiver of farmer loans, among other...

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