he Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers’ unions that has been leading the protest against the Centre’s three farm laws, was scheduled to hold an important meeting at Singhu border on Sunday to decide what to do next. This comes after PM Modi announced on Friday that the Centre has decided to repeal the laws.
However, the meeting has now been postponed to November 27, after news came in that the Union Cabinet is likely to approve the decision to repeal the laws on Wednesday.
The farmers have decided to wait before making any formal announcement on what their course of action will now be and whether they will be formally ending their protest.
On Saturday, SKM core committee member Darshan Pal had said that the farmers’ groups have to discuss the MSP issue and the daily tractor march to Parliament during the Winter Session that they had planned at their meeting.
The farmers have been saying that although their demand for repeal of the three laws has been accepted, their other demand for a law to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP) has not yet been implemented.
Until their meeting on November 27, the farmers’ programmes will now continue as per the original plan. The mahapanchayat to be held in Lucknow on November 22 has not been called off.