Yogendra Yadav’s Statement on the decision of Samyukt Kisan Morcha
For the last eleven months, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) led the historic movement against the three farm laws imposed by the anti-farmer BJP regime has emerged as a beacon of hope for the country. Maintaining the unity of this historic movement and its collective decision-making process is the foremost need of the hour.
After attending the Shraddhanjali Sabha and paying my tribute to the four martyr farmers and a journalist that were murdered at Lakhimpur Kheri, I went to the house of the BJP worker Shubham Mishra, who lost his life in the same incident, not to glorify him but to pay my condolences to his grieving family. To me, sharing grief of everyone, including our adversaries, is a principle, that draws upon humanitarianism as well as Indian culture. As a policy, I have believed that expressing such sentiments do not weaken but actually strengthen any mass movement. Naturally, not everyone in the movement shares this understanding. I do hope that the present occasion triggers a constructive dialogue on this delicate issue.
In any public movement like this one, collective wisdom must prevail above individual understanding. I regret not consulting my colleagues in SKM before taking this decision. I also regret that this has hurt many of my colleagues involved in the farmers’ movement. I respect the collective decision-making process of the SKM and gladly submit myself to the punishment awarded to me. I will continue to work, more diligently than ever, for the success of this historic farmers’ movement.
Yogendra Yadav
Jai Kisan Andolan
Swaraj Abhiyan
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