Farmers protesting three agricultural laws say they would begin demonstrating outside Parliament on July 22, part of a new push to force the government to scrap a set of legislation enacted last year. Farm unions have been holding long meetings to work out logistics and finalise strategies to intensify their agitation and coordinate movement of farmers from various states.
According to a plan announced by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, a platform of farm unions spearheading the protests since November last year against the three laws, nearly 200 farmers will protest outside Parliament every day during the monsoon session.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha also said farm organisations and like-minded groups would also hold countrywide protests against rising fuel prices on July 8.
Parliament is set to convene on July 19 for its upcoming monsoon session. Farm unions say they would soon dispatch a letter to all Opposition parties and lawmakers, urging them to raise the issue of the three farm laws during the entire session.
Farmers on tractors are likely to file into the Capital on July 21 evening. Accommodation arrangements have been beefed up at all current protest sites.
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