On SKM's call, farmers hold protest by parking tractors along highways against WTO
Demands India should come out of WTO
Ferozepur, February 26, 2024: In Ferozepur, farmers parked their tractors at several locations including the Ferozepur-Chandigarh highway in front of the Deputy Commissioner office led by Krantikari Kisan Union and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha leader Avtar Singh Mehma, spearheaded by the Sayunkt Kisan Morcha (Non-political). The farmers also hold a dharna and burn the effigy of WTO.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday announced that it will observe 'Quit WTO Day' on February 26 and demanded that the Centre should put pressure on the developed countries to keep agriculture out of the WTO in the 13th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation scheduled on 26-29 February at Abu Dhabi.
He said, we have held the tractor march in hundreds on call from SKM, amid thousands of farmers staying put at Khanauri and Shambu points on Punjab’s order with Haryana after their ‘Delhi Chalo’ March, to press the Centre for various demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops, was stopped by security forces. This protest was announced to hold their 'Quit WTO Day' demonstration by parking the tractors along the state and national highways without obstructing vehicular traffic.
He said that the meeting has been planned to further attack the agricultural sector by accelerating the policies of privatization, liberalization and globalization. The Revolutionary Farmers Union protested and said that India should come out of the WTO.
He said the protest at the Shambu and Khanuari borders would continue until a decision on the next move would be made on Feb 29.