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SKM to observe 'black day,' hold protests over death of farmer

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Farmer leader Swarn Singh Pandher (in blue turban) with Jagjit Singh Dallewal and others speaks to the media a day after clashes with security forces at Shambhu border

Farmer leader Swarn Singh Pandher (in blue turban) with Jagjit Singh Dallewal and others speaks to the media a day after clashes with security forces at Shambhu border

Chandigarh: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Thursday demanded the registration of an FIR for "murder" over the death of a protesting farmer on the Punjab-Haryana border and announced tractor marches next week.

The SKM, which spearheaded the 2020-21 farm agitation against the now-repealed farm laws, announced that the farmers will observe a 'black day' on Friday to mourn the death.

It also said farmers will take out tractor marches on highways on February 26 and hold a Mahapanchayat in Delhi on March 14.

Speaking to reporters here, SKM leader Balbir Singh Rajewal said a case of murder should be registered in the death of the farmer at the Khanauri border and his family be given Rs 1 crore in compensation.

Black Day Samyukta Kisan Morcha farmers protests Punjab Haryana