Farmers' protest: Samyukta Kisan Morcha calls for agitation against BJP MPs on Feb 21
launch a day and night mass protest in front of the houses of MPs, MLAs, Ministers, and district presidents of BJP for 3 days. The farmer's body said that the agitation will begin at 10:00 AM on 20th February and end at 5:00 PM on 22nd February.
SKM also welcomed the recent Supreme Court verdict striking down the Electoral Bond scheme as “unconstitutional." “SKM strongly condemned the Modi Government for legalizing corruption through electoral bonds and piling up thousands of crores of rupees as party funds. SKM welcomed the verdict of the Supreme Court to strike down the same," a release by the farmers body said.
Notably, Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which spearheaded the 2021 farmers protest didn't participate in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protests launched on February 13. The fresh protests were launched by a breakaway faction of SKM, which named itself SKM (non-political) and is currently meeting with the central ministers to strike a compromise.
While targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government, SKM specified decisions that affected the farmers. “SKM alleged the pro-corporate Farm Laws, Labour Codes, Electricity Act Amendments, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in which Insurance companies have amassed over ₹57,000 crores at the expense of farmers, pre-paid Smart Meters, sale of profit-making Public Sector Undertakings, privatization of airports and ports, a host of such legislations and policies are all favors returned to its corporate cronies," the release added.
Apart from the farmers' demands, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha attacked the BJP on various other issues like toppling democratically elected governments, legalizing corruption, doubts against Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), etc. “The BJP had accumulated
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