'Left With No Option': Punjab's Protesting Farmers Announce March Towards Delhi on December 6

New Delhi: Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha on Monday announced that farmers will march towards Delhi on December 6 while blaming Centre for not holding talks with m over ir demands, which include a legal guarantee of MSP for crops.

Farmer leers who took decision here at a meeting said y were left with no option but to resume ir march as government has not reached out to m.

'Left With No Option'

protesting farmers have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri border points between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, when ir 'Delhi Chalo' march, spearheed by SKM (Non-Political) and KMM, was stopped by security forces.

dressing media here, KMM leer Sarwan Singh Pandher said after a long wait, y have decided to he towards Delhi. "We will move towards Delhi on December 6," he said.

"We have been left with no option. We waited peacefully for government (to reach out) for nine months. But now we will he towards Delhi," he ded.

‘Centre Not Holding Talks With Protesting Farmers’

farmers will move towards national capital in batches from Shambhu border on Ambala-New Delhi national highway.

Tejveer Singh of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Shaheed Bhagat Singh) said y have been camping at two border points for 280 days and Centre has not held any talks with m since February 18.

A panel of Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Nityanand Rai and Arjun Munda (not a minister in new government) held talks with farmer representatives on February 18. Farmers h n rejected Centre's proposal that government agencies buy pulses, maize and cotton crops at MSP for five years.

Last week, farmers announced that y would intensify ir agitation and start a fast unto death from November 26.

On Monday, farmer leers said if government does not hold talks with farmers in meantime, n y will resume ir march from Shambhu, y said.

Displaying of Black Flags Towards BJP Leers on Agenda

SKM leer Guramneet Singh Mangat said farmers will march towards Delhi by foot on December 6, but ded that ro is heavily barriced by security forces.

y will also show black flags to Punjab BJP leers after November 26, farmer leers said.