New Delhi: All India Kisan Congress staged a farmers protest at the Jantar Mantar on Friday in New Delhi by demanding legal guarantee for MSP and compensation for the kin of farmers killed in last year’s agitation against the Centre’s three farm laws.

Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and some southern states farmers holding the Congress party’s flag and raising slogans of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan. They gathered at the Jantar- Mantar and they said that they are protesting against the BJP Government’s anti-farmers policies.

The Congress farmers cell on Friday accused the BJP-led Union Government of not cooperating with the farmers. Congress leader Randeep Surjewala in his address criticized the Modi Government is anti- farmer and failed to fulfill the promises it has made to the farmers last year. This is one of the reasons why they find it difficult to implement MSP, he added.

This protest should not be limited to Jantar Mantar. We should take it forward and fight for the rights of farmers, who feed the nation, he said. Speaking to media, AIKC joint coordinator Hargobind Singh said that Central Government is neither cooperating with the farmers nor addressing their issues. It has been over a year since the anti-farm laws protest ended, but the Government’s promise of ensuring MSP to farmers has not been fulfilled yet.

The centre should immediately release the compensation for the families of farmers who sacrificed their lives while fighting for their rights. It is unfortunate that the Centre does not even have the list of those who lost their lives during the protest. How will they even release the compensation, he questioned. MSP scheme must be implemented soon. The country still does not have a proper law for farmers which can directly benefit them, he added.