Dallewal sticks to earlier stand, says ‘no talks with Centre if Punjab is involved’

The morcha had put this precondition to Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Chouhan. The Agriculture Minister appealed to the farmer leaders to reconsider their decision, saying that the country has a federal structure and the state governments have an important role.

Dallewal said that due to the Indo-Pak war in between, they could not take the dialogue forward. SKM will soon write a letter to the Centre seeking resumption of dialogue. Dallewal was talking to media persons to give details of the money spent during the movement that lasted more than a year and to talk about the future strategy of the movement.

Dallewal said that the Punjab government had ended their movement by deceit. “Tractors, trolleys and other goods worth lakhs of rupees of our farmers have been damaged. We will not participate in talks with such ministers and officials.”

He said that the issues have to be resolved by the Centre, so the talks will also be held directly with them. Farmer leaders said that the fight for MSP guarantee law is still incomplete. SKM (non-political) will continue the struggle to take this fight to victory. He told that a huge Kisan Mahapanchayat is being organised in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on July 5 on the issue of MSP guarantee law. He said that notices of cases registered against farmers during the agitation on Shambhu, Khanauri and Ratanpura fronts are being sent to the farmers.

He threatened that if the Haryana government does not withdraw those cases then another programme will be announced in the national meeting of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) to be held in Bangalore on July 6. Farmer leaders said that a state-level conference will be organised on the issue of MSP in Bangalore on July 7 in which all the senior leaders of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) will participate.

He said that the land which is being acquired by the Punjab government in every district of the state under the Land Pooling Scheme is part of a big conspiracy to snatch land, but they will not let the government snatch even an inch of land from the farmers.

He said that during the movement, from February 13, 2024 to March 18, 2025, the Khanauri Morcha platform received financial help of Rs 34,32,567 from the public. During the same period, Khanauri Morcha incurred an expenditure of Rs 37,65,539. Farmer leaders said that on February 21, 2024, the police vandalised the tractors and vehicles of the farmers, on the repair of which the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) spent Rs 8,98,654.