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December 17, 2020
Beginning today, 1500 small farmers and agricultural laborers under the leadership of Rajagopal along with Ekta Parishad, Samanvayon ka Samanvay, Jai Jagat and the Sarvodaya Samaj, will march towards Delhi to express solidarity with the farmers who have been protesting since November 26th against the new agricultural laws introduced by the Government of India.
“We want more people to get land and become farmers, rather than farmers to become landless because of anti-small farmers laws and policies” says Rajagopal PV, as he sets out on the satyagraha.
For the past 22 days 250,000 farmers from more than thirty unions from Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan (with support from others from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and various parts of the country), have been braving the cold by blocking eight entry points into the nation’s capital. They are protesting against laws that will open the sale and marketing of agricultural products outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) known as mandis for farmers.
There have been several meetings between the farmers and government negotiators but as of yet, no breakthrough is in sight.
Beginning from the constituency of the Central Agriculture Minister, Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar (Morena, Madhya Pradesh), the fifteen hundred marchers will begin their satyagraha march towards Delhi, demanding that the government negotiate in good faith with the farmers.
Ekta Parishad and participating organizations re-affirm and calls for the use of nonviolent action even though there is good reason for frustration on both sides. The government has been intransigent and unwilling to revoke the laws and reenact new legislation that meets the needs of both parties.
The farmer’s demands are now:
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URGENT APPEAL
The protesting farmers in Delhi have started a new YouTube channel called Kisan Ekta Morcha. Please subscribe, share and like. Farmer leaders want to show and challenge PM Modi that we can get 10 million subscribers by 25/12/20. The agriculture minister says only 100k farmers are protesting. Please forward and share
https://youtube.com/channel/UC4mGFTV86AR8VeJmusu1QWQ
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