Farmer leader Darshan Pal Singh said on Saturday that the United Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the agricultural movement, has decided to postpone the proposed tractor rally in Parliament on November 29. Singh said the decision was taken after the meeting.
Friday marked a year of protests against three agricultural laws that the government is set to formally withdraw.
SKM announced earlier this month that 500 farmers will participate in peaceful tractor march In Parliament every day during the winter session beginning November 29 to mark one year of the Centre’s agitation against three agricultural laws.
earlier in the day, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomri Urging the farmers protesting on the Delhi border to return home, saying that there is no point in continuing the agitation after the Prime Minister Narendra ModiAnnouncement on the decision to repeal three agricultural laws. Tomar confirmed that the bill to repeal the laws will be introduced on Monday, the first day of the winter session of Parliament.
On Friday, on the first anniversary of the movement, a large scale ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ was organized in the state capitals. Thousands of farmers with tractors gathered at protest sites on the borders of Delhi.
In a televised address on 19 November, PM Modi announces repeal of three controversial agriculture laws When he apologized to the country.
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