Govt should give Rs 5 crore compensation to kin of deceased farmers, Manish Tewari says in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, December 1

Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday demanded that the government should provide Rs 5 crore compensation to the families of the farmers who died during the farm laws agitation and also accept other demands of the tillers, including a legal guarantee for MSP.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during Zero Hour, the MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib said it was because of the "historic farmers' movement that the three black farm laws" had been taken back.

He said that over 700 farmers had been "martyred" in the farmers' movement.

"I would like to demand from the government that a list of those farmers (who died in the agitation) be prepared and their families be given Rs 5 crore compensation each. The farmers' demand of (legal guarantee for) MSP as well as other demands, the government should do justice to them," he said.

Congress MP from Fatehgarh Sahib, Amar Singh, also demanded that a law be made providing legal guarantee for MSP.

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party's Hanuman Beniwal demanded that the cases that had been filed against the farmers during the farm laws agitation be taken back.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha last month had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate resumption of talks with the government over their six demands, including a law guaranteeing minimum support price (MSP) for all farmers. PTI