A farmer during a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Farmers Begin Protest In Delhi’s Jantar Mantar For Kisan Mahapanchayat’
On Monday, August 25, hundreds of farmers from across the country gathered at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to attend a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ that was organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha. The gathering was for the farmers to talk about their long-pending demand for a guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for all crops, and for agriculture, dairy, poultry and fisheries sectors be kept out of any proposed agreement with America, and for the police to withdraw the cases that were registered against farmers during their protests against the now-repealed farm laws. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) said the gathering will be peaceful. This gathering comes almsost four years after the farmers' protests of 2020 to 2021, when many of them camped at Delhi's borders to demand that the government repeal its three farm laws.
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi
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Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal addresses farmers during a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi
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A farmer holds a miniature bullock cart during a 'Kisan Mahapanchayat' organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi
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Farmers attend a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi
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Farmers attend a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, amid rain, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi
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A farmer during a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi
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Farmers attend a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi.
Kisan Mahapanchayat in Delhi
| Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia
Farmers attend a ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ organised by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, amid rain, at Jantar Mantar, in New Delhi. It has been organised to deliberate on a legal guarantee to minimum support price (MSP) for all crops, exclusion of agriculture, dairy, poultry and fisheries sectors from any proposed India-U.S. trade deal, and withdrawal of police cases filed against farmers during the past agitation.
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