Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), Haryana unit on Wednesday announced that the farmers from the State will not return to their homes from the agitation site at the Delhi-Haryana border till the State Government accepts their demands of withdrawal of cases against farmers, land to construct memorial for 700 martyred farmers and compensation and a Government job for families of those died during the year-long agitation against Central farm laws.

Around 26 farmers organisations held a meeting under the banner of SKM, Haryana in Sonipat on Wednesday to decide the future course of action after the three central laws were repealed by the Central Government. The farmers’ organisations have also demanded withdrawal of amendment in land acquisition Act and another law which allows the authorities to recover compensation from violent protesters who cause damage to property.

Haryana Assembly had in August passed The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Haryana Amendment), Bill, 2021, which seeks to expedite development projects by simplifying the procedure for acquisition of land. The Haryana Recovery of Damages to Property during Disturbance to Public Order Act, 2021 which has already come into effect in Haryana was passed in the State Assembly in March.

After the meeting, Suresh Koth, SKM Haryana leader while talking to the mediapersons said the agitation will continue and farmers will not return to their homes till our demands are accepted by the Haryana Government.

The three farm laws have been repealed but there are around 48,000 cases registered against the farmers in the State, which should be withdrawn. Whether these are cases related to railways or others, it should be withdrawn, he said.

Farmers’ leaders Manjit Singh and Lakhwinder Singh Aulakh said they also demand that compensation should be given to the farmers who were seriously injured during the protests in Haryana. Apart from this, compensation and a government job should be given to the families of those farmers who died during the year-long agitation which started in November last year. The Government should also provide land to construct a memorial in Haryana for 700 martyred farmers. Apart from this, tractors of farmers seized by state police should be returned to them without any condition and farmers who are in jail in Jind district should be released, they demanded.