SKM extends support to Odisha farmers boycotting prepaid smart metres

promise he made in December 2020 – when the farmers’ protest at Delhi’s border was suspended — to hold a discussion with SKM on the electricity privatisation bill.

“PM must immediately initiate discussions with the agitating farmers instead of recourse to suppress the peaceful struggles,” the farmers’ collective said.

On November 8 this year, a ‘Krishak Garjan Samavesh’ was organised by the ‘Sanyukt Krishak Sangathan’ in Padampur, West Odisha. P Krishnaprasad, Aflatoon and Rajendra Chaudhury attended the public meeting as SKM representatives.

“SKM appeals to farmers protesting against privatisation of electricity across India to join the joint worker-farmer protest on 26 November 2024 in districts called by SKM and JPCTU,” the body said.