A farmers' agitation seeking the removal of Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and a law guaranteeing MSP among other demands, was called off Saturday after top district off꧅icials met the protesters, Samyu🌟kta Kisan Morcha leader Rakesh Tikait said.
Ad𝔍dressing the farmers, Tikait said the the future strategy of the SKM will be chalked out during a meeti💎ng in Delhi on September 6.
DistrIct Magistrate Mahendra Bah𝔉adur Singh and others arrived at the dharna site around 2.30 pm and received the a memorandum by the farmers.
The officials assured that a meeting at the government level for the farmers♕ will be arranged in the fir🌄st week of September, before Tikait and other farmer leaders ended the stir which ran for 75 hours.
Tikait and others said the agitation started with the arrival of farmers from ♋various states from Wednesday night itself. Many of the protesters would leave only by night, he said.
The SKM had organised the dharna at Rajapur Mandi Samiti in L💜akhimpur city in support of its various demands, including the sacking of MOS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra, release of "innocent" farmers from jails, a law guaranteeing MSP (minimum support price), the withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022, payment of sugarcane dues and land 🌺rights to farmers.
(With PTI inputs)
