New Delhi, July 16: Protesting farmers on Friday issued a “Voters’ Whip” to Opposition MPs through a letter, asking them to be present in parliament on all days of the Monsoon Session and let no business transact till “the Union Government accedes to the farmers’ demands on the floor of the Houses”.
They have asked the MPs to not stage a walkout and also return to the House even if they are suspended or removed so that the government does not “push through its business unhindered”.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading the protest against the Centre’s three new agri-marketing laws, told the MPs the “Voters’ Whip” overrides their party whips.
“If you and your party defy this Voters’ Whip, the farmers of India will be compelled to oppose you on every public stage just as we oppose the leaders, MLAs, MPs of the BJP and its allies,” the SKM said. The letter will be handed or sent to the MPs on Saturday as a precursor to the farmers’ protest outside parliament starting July 22, the SKM said.
The agitating farmers have “directed” the MPs to raise their issues and ensure: “That you must, without fail, be present in the parliament for all the days of the Monsoon session; That you and your party without break, raise the farmers’ issues and support the demands of farmers’ movement.”
It has demanded the MPs to not let “any other business” to be transacted in the House till “the Union Government accedes to the farmers’ demands on the floor of the Houses”. (PTI)
