Farmer unions announce protests on August 1

New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha on Monday announced that they burn effigies of the Modi government all over the nation and will launch a fresh protest to fulfil their demands for legalizing MSP guarantee.
As part of this protest, they will also stage a "long march" to support the private bills by the opposition.
The announcement came while addressing a press conference in Delhi.
Subsequently, the protesting farmers will take out a tractor rally nationwide on 15th August, when the country marks Independence Day. They will also burn copies of new criminal laws.
Addressing a press conference, Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) also said that the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march will complete 200 days on August 31 and appealed to people to reach Khanauri, Shambhu, etc on the Punjab and Haryana border.
Following the announcement, they further informed both the organizations Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) will hold a mega rally in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on September 1.
A rally will be held in the Jind district of Haryana on September 15, 2024, and another rally will be held in Pipli on September 22, 2024.
In February, the Haryana government had set up barricades on the Ambala-New Delhi national highway after farmer's unions announced that farmers would march to Delhi in support of various demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
Earlier in February this year, farmers' protest 2.0 began, however, they were stopped at the Haryana borders for several days. (ANI)