Samyukta Kisan Morcha meeting under way to decide future course of farmers' agitation

Farmer leaders from Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and other places are currently discussing the way forward in a close-door meeting

A five-member committee constituted by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) is deliberating on the government's fresh proposal on their remaining demands in its meeting at All India Kisan Mahasabha office in central Delhi on Wednesday.

Ravneet Brar, the spokesperson for BKU Kadian, said the committee members are also discussing about the panel to be set up by the government on a legal guarantee for MSP and other issues.

The SKM, which has been spearheading the protest, is scheduled to hold a meeting later in the day to take a decision on whether they should end their agitation following the government's fresh proposal.

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On Tuesday, the SKM had demanded clarification on certain points in the government's proposal, including on the precondition set for withdrawal of "fake" cases against farmers.

According to the farmers' body, the government's proposal said it will form a committee to look into the demand for legal guarantees on minimum support price (MSP) for crops and the panel will include farmer organisations outside the SKM, government officials and representatives of states.

The SKM members had objected to this and had decided to meet again Wednesday to deliberate on these issues and announce the future course of the agitation.

On November 30 this year, Parliament passed the bill to repeal the three contentious agricultural laws at the centre of protests by farmers for over a year, with the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha giving their approval in quick succession amid an uproar on the first day of the Winter session without any discussion as demanded by the opposition.

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