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Millions of Farmers Hit Streets to Observe Day of Betrayal and Remind Centre of its Promises Ravi Kaushal 31 Jan 2022 https://www.newsclick.in/millions-farmers-streets-observe-day-betrayal-remind-centre-its-promises
After repealing three farm laws, the Centre had made certain promises to the protesting farmers, including forming a committee on MSP, withdrawal of cases registered during the agitation, and addressal of concerns about the Electricity Amendment Act.
Ravi Kaushal 31 Jan 2022
Talking to NewsClick, Jagmati Sangwan, a veteran activist of the women's movement in the state who played an instrumental role in bringing women into the agitation, said, "What is remarkable about this government is that you need to mobilise people every time to remind them about our issues. We first hold meetings and agitations to seek their attention, then hold dharnas again to compel their commitment and finally ask them to act on their promises.
The news about the protests has been pouring in from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala. The uniform memorandum addressed to the President of India by morcha members stated the promise in the letter by the Centre was: "The cases filed against farmers during the farmers' movement will be withdrawn with immediate effect.
Farm leaders contesting polls will not be part of SKM, say senior leaders https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/farm-leaders-contesting-polls-will-not-be-part-of-skm-say-senior-leaders-101642265654704.html
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), announced that they will observe ‘betrayal day’ on January 31 across country and protest demonstrations will be organised at district and block levels.
“Despite a conspiracy being acknowledged in the SIT report, Union minister of state Ajay Mishra Teni is yet to be removed from the Union cabinet. The UP Police have implicated farmers in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident,” the SKM leaders said in a joint statement.
“To oppose this, the SKM has decided to start a permanent morcha at Lakhimpur Kheri. Mission Uttar Pradesh will continue, through which, anti-farmer politicians will be taught a lesson,” the SKM leaders added.
In a joint statement, SKM leaders Darshan Pal, Yogendra Yadav, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Shivkumar Sharma ,Yudhveer Singh and others said no political party or farm leader can use the banner of SKM in the assembly polls, which are due next month. The SKM’s decision seems to be a blow for the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha led by farm leader Balbir Singh Rajewal, whose is the outfit’s chief ministerial candidate in the Punjab assembly polls.
Farmers’ ‘Mission UP’ on Feb 1 if demands not met; SKM to remain apolitical https://www.thestatesman.com/india/farmers-mission-feb-1-demands-not-met-skm-remain-apolitical-1503038859.html
Scores of organisations from Punjab that were part of SKM have declared to form political parties/parties and contest polls in that state January 16, 2022
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Don't Be Fooled, BJP's Counter-Offensive Against Farmers Is Very Much Still on https://thewire.in/politics/dont-be-fooled-bjps-counter-offensive-against-farmers-is-very-much-still-on 05/JAN/2022
The forced surrender and public humiliation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the politico-economic battle over the farm laws engenders feelings of revenge against the farmers.
Punjab’s farmers’ organisations and their wider networks of support need to be particularly aware of the dangers presented by the BJP’s counter-offensive. From the perspective of defeating farmers’ resistance to agro-business capitalism aligned with Hindutva, winning the 2022 election in Punjab is even more important than in UP. If the BJP loses UP but wins Punjab, it will have two more years to regain the upper hand in UP in advance of the 2024 General Election. However, if it loses in Punjab – even if it wins in UP – its agenda to advance agro-business interests would be effectively defeated. If the BJP were to lose both in Punjab and in UP, that would be the biggest possible setback for the agro-business and Hindutva agenda.
Punjab’s farmers’ organisations need urgently to craft a well-thought-out election strategy that can defeat the BJP’s attempt to gain power in Punjab. The decision by 22 farmers’ organisation (out of the total 32 from Punjab involved in the current farmers’ movement) to contest the 2022 Punjab assembly elections under the banner of the Samyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM) will be keenly observed from the angle of sustaining the unity of farmers organisations and the potential to defeat the BJP’s counter-offensive.
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A breakdown, and the rise of farmer leader Rakesh Tikait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIy_w_ylmA Jan 30, 2021
Rakesh Tikait the most unlikely adversary of the central government has seen his political stock rise in the past week. The Bhartiya Kisan Union leader’s emotional speeches and ground level connect with the Jat community makes him formidable. After the 26th January violence during the farmers protest tractor rally his call of not relenting has rallied the Jat farmers from Haryana, Rajasthan and western UP to join the protests in greater numbers.