(The Indian EXPRESS)
Following a meeting of farm unions, the SKM said that if it receives a formal communication from the Government authorising its demands by Thursday noon, it is likely that the “agitation would be called off or temporarily suspended”.
THE SAMYUKTA Kisan Morcha (SKM) will meet Thursday noon at the Singhu border of Delhi to take a “formal decision” to lift the year-long protest against the farm laws after the 32 unions under its ambit accepted a revised draft proposal from the Government, including the unconditional withdrawal of all police cases lodged against protesters during the agitation.
In the revised proposal Wednesday, the Government said that in light of the concessions proposed, there was no justification for the agitation to continue and requested the unions to call it off. Following a meeting of farm unions, the SKM said that if it receives a formal communication from the Government authorising its demands by Thursday noon, it is likely that the “agitation would be called off or temporarily suspended”
