Farmers to hold countrywide demonstrations in support of women wrestlers: SKM

At a specially convened meeting held on May 29, decisions were taken to support, broaden and intensify the protest

An extended coordination committee meeting of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) at which  Bajrang Punia representing the wrestlers action committee attended as a special invitee, decisions were taken to actively participate in and support the wrestlers struggle demanding the arrest of BJP MP, Brij Bhushan Singh.

Beginning June 1, 2023, all India level mass meetings and demonstrations will be held in all districts and tehsil centres of the country. The protests across India are being held to protect the constitutional right to protest of all citizens and demanding arrest of BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. SKM will coordinate with platforms of trade unions, women, youth, students and all other sections including traders, intellectuals and social movements to make this action massive and successful.

Thereafter, on June 5, 2023, the day when Mahanths and RSS workers holding rally in support of the “accused rapist and criminal Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh MP” in Faizabad, SKM will give call to expose his criminal conduct so far and burn his effigy across India up to village and town level.

Thereafter, the SKM will convene a physical meeting of the general body immediately after June 5, 2023 at New Delhi and decide future plans of actions to continue the struggle.

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