SKM Rejects Centre Offer On MSP
- 20-Jul-2022
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New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of farmer unions, announced that it would not join the committee set up by the Centre on minimum support price. The SKM rejected the government’s committee while saying “so-called farmer leaders” who supported the now-repealed farm laws are its members. SKM said that all the members included in the panel are either directly associated with the BJP-RSS or support their policies.
The SKM alleged that the government has included five of its ‘loyalists’, who openly advocated the three ‘anti-farmer’ laws, in the committee. ‘These five people spoke openly in favour of all three anti-farmer laws and most of them have been spewing venom against the farmers movement.’ The statement issued by five SKM leaders — Pal, Hannan Mollah, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Yudhveer Singh and Yogendra Yadav.
According to the SKM, it had unanimously decided in its national meeting on July 3 that unless the government clarifies the jurisdiction and terms of reference of this committee, there is no point to nominate a representative of the SKM to the panel.
