Printed on: Dec 21, 2025 07:20 am IST
Farmer groups negate impart authorities has agreed to oppose the Electricity (Modification) Bill; further action belief to be announced if nothing concrete comes out of Monday meet, says Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee;
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Farmers organisations, below the banner of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM), have confidence deferred their rail roko agitation, which was as soon as to commence on Saturday, after their nine-hour assembly with officials of the Punjab authorities over the Electricity (Modification) Bill at Kisan Bhawan in Chandigarh.
Addressing a press convention in Chandigarh on Saturday, KMM leaders talked about the executive minister talked about that the Electricity Modification Bill would be antagonistic on the impart authorities stage. “The manager minister’s assertion came very unhurried, nonetheless it undoubtedly is step one in the very finest direction. The impart authorities was as soon as compelled to talk about against the Electricity Modification Bill after the solid response to the December 5 symbolic rail roko call, removal of pay as you plod meters on December 10 and the big participation of alternative folks in the two-day mutter at deputy commissioners’ offices,” they talked about.
The leaders talked about the Punjab authorities might possibly well level-headed lag a resolution against the Bill in the actual session of the Vidhan Sabha. They further talked about that, in accordance with officials, the Punjab authorities has already conveyed its opposition in writing to the central authorities, and a duplicate of this communication will seemingly be provided to the KMM in the following assembly.
Concerning the challenge of compensation for trolleys and other belongings that were damaged or stolen attributable to police action on the Shambhu and Khanauri mutter sites, a consensus was as soon as reached on forming a committee, they talked about.
The KMM leaders, including Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) chief Sarwan Singh Pandher, talked about that on the challenge of a orderly change of flood-affected other folks being deprived of compensation, the authorities agreed to staunch away release compensation. The KMM would put together lists of those now not effectively-known and post them to the authorities, they talked about.
“The rail roko mosey is being postponed for the time being. If no efficient steps are taken in the upcoming December 22 assembly, KMM will negate further action programmes,” talked about Pandher.
They additionally talked about that a solid query was as soon as positioned prior to the authorities to develop compensation for 100% reduce damage from ₹20,000 to ₹70,000, and to provide agricultural labourers compensation equal to 10% of the full loss moreover to to covering their last losses.
The leaders talked about that there regarded to be consensus on withdrawing all cases registered for the duration of various farmers’ movements and protests.
The assembly that concluded unhurried Friday evening saw the presence of ADGP (law and mutter) SPS Parmar; Arshdeep Singh Thind, administrative secretary, agriculture and farmers’ welfare; Basant Garg, administrative secretary, energy, and Sonali Giri, secretary, earnings and rehabilitation.
