Leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha had a detailed meeting with officials of Haryana Government this evening. In this meeting, it was decided to remove barricades on one side of the highway at Singhu Border, to give free passage to oxygen, ambulance and other such emergency services. Farmers will support in every possible way the fight against the corona pandemic. The meeting had the participation of Sonepat SP, CMO and other officials and several SKM leaders. SKM and the protesting farmers are committed to causing least inconvenience to ordinary citizens.
While the BJP and the government have baselessly accused the protesting farmers of obstructing oxygen supply to the city of Delhi, it has been seen that the police are misdirecting oxygen supply trucks towards the protest sites instead of pointing them to the shortest correct route that needs to be adopted. As pointed out already, it is the government that is to be squarely blamed for barricading the roads and obstructing free passage, whereas in all protest sites, farmers have already left such passage for vehicular movement.
Farmers are preparing to come back to protest sites in large numbers. For instance, on 23rd of April (tomorrow), as part of Operation Shakti to counter the government’s Operation Clean, a large convoy of protestors in tractor trolleys will be leaving from Barwasni in the Sonepat district of Haryana, for Singhu Border. These farmers are associated with Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti. It is expected that there will also be many women farmers in this convoy.
2. SKM invitation to migrant workers to Join Protest Sites for food and Shelter
SKM’s invitation to fleeing migrant workers remains. The invitation was made to prevent farmers from moving in large numbers during the deadly second wave.
SKM clearly states this is not an attempt to boost numbers of protestors at Delhi Borders but to help migrant workers in a time when govts all across the country are failing citizens miserably.
The press note is to address the allegations that migrant workers are invited to increase numbers at protest sites. SKM states that farmers who have gone for wheat harvest are coming back enthusiastically in thousands by themselves and the farmers’ movement does not need migrant workers for that reason. The invitation to migrant workers is because Farmers, as anna daatas to the country, understand the distress of these workers. Farmers want to let these workers know that depending on the callous and insensitive government is going to be futile now, and that they are not likely to find employment back in the villages either.
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