The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) will hold a panchayat on August 22 to protest against the Government over the issues of legal Minimum Support Price for food grains, Agnipath scheme and Lakhimpur violence.
According to SKM, A panchayat will be held on August 22 at the Jantar Mantar. “ A meeting of the SKM, which had spearheaded the agitation against the now-scrapped farm laws, was held here and it was decided that the farmers' collective will not allow any political outfit to associate with it and will remain completely apolitical,” the SKM said after meeting with farmers’ leaders.
The SKM claimed that some people had written to the Centre over the MSP issue without taking the other SKM members into confidence.
"After this came out, we decided to have no relation with them. They tried to sell out the movement. Today, the whole SKM is here," an SKM leader said. According to sources, the SKM will hold ‘Vishwasghaat Seminars’ across the country protesting against the Centre. The protest will begin on July 18, the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament and last till July 31, the day freedom fighter Udham Singh was hanged by the British.
SKM will also hold a 75-hour mass dharna in Lakhimpur Kheri from August 18 to August 20, demanding the sacking of Uttar Pradesh home minister Ajay Mishra. The dharna will be conducted on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of India's Independence.