Bathinda: Protesting farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non Political) will continue protesting at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders as their meeting with a Supreme Court-appointed committee on Monday remained inconclusive with farmers sticking to their stand to march to the national capital.
The meeting was held at Haryana Niwas here. Farmers also submitted a charter of 13 demands. “We are still firm on our decision of Feb 13. The committee has listened to us, and we hope a solution will be found. Soon, a meeting of SKM will be called, and the future strategy will be decided,” a farmer leader told the media after the meeting.
Meanwhile, even as leaders of SKM (Non-Political) attended the meeting, no one from the second group, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), were present.
The groups have been protesting to demand a legal guarantee to minimum support price (MSP) on all crops as per the Swaminathan Commission report. Representatives of SKM (Non-Political) said they had gone to the meeting to hand over the demand charter. Leaders of KMM said they will comment only after the joint meeting on Nov 7.
(Inputs from IANS)