Farmers warn of resuming agitation if promises not fulfilled by Centre
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Farmers will be left with no option but to resume their agitation if the Government of India continues to renege on the promises made to protesting farmers in December 2021, declares Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in a memorandum addressed to the President on Monday. “Due to the tireless efforts of the farmers, despite the lockdown and the economic slowdown, the agricultural production of the country increased continuously. Playing tricks with farmers can be disastrous for the whole country,” . The government's alleged reneging of the promises made to the farmers of the historic Kisan Andolan of 2020-21 was marked as "Betrayal Day" with demonstrations, marches, and effigy burning in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tripura among other states on Monday. The Morcha warned the BJP government against challenging the farmers' patience, and declared that if the promises were not fulfilled at the earliest, the farmers would be left with no option but to resume the agitation. It is also a false claim that crop diversification has happened with the empty promises of meagre MSPs being declared. However, farmers do know that such diversification is indeed possible if MSP is legally guaranteed as an entitlement for all crops, including oilseeds, millets and pulses, the memorandum stated. The memorandum also issued the date of a press conference to talk about the new phase of “Mission Uttar Pradesh”. "As stated earlier, the Morcha will continue Mission Uttar Pradesh and campaign across the state to punish and defeat the BJP. The new phase of the mission will be announced with a press conference on February 3," it said.