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The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has sent a missive to President Droupadi Murmu connected Sunday (February 22, 2026), urging her to disregard Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal from his station for “betraying the nation’s confidence” by entering into a bilateral commercialized statement with the United States. The SKM urged her to nonstop the Prime Minister not to motion the woody connected presumption which were detrimental to farmers. It besides sought a absorption from her against a caller demi bid of the Union Finance Ministry asking the Kerala authorities to extremity bonus to paddy farmers.
The SKM alleged successful the missive that the Narendra Modi authorities succumbed to the pressures of the United States and endangered the self-reliance and sovereignty of the country. Maintaining that the presumption accepted arsenic per the interim statement were detrimental to the interests of the Indian system and India’s farmers, the SKM said the authorities remained soundless astir the terms. “In fact, each announcements made by Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, the main negotiator, lone corroborate the worst fears, that the authorities is either incapable to oregon unwilling to basal up to U.S. diktats. Such acquiescence earlier an imperial superpower has led to superior resentment among the farming community,” the missive said.
‘No satisfactory answer’
The SKM asked erstwhile nary statement had been signed arsenic of now, wherefore did U.S. President Donald Trump state the escaped commercialized statement with India. “Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi endorse India arsenic a enactment to the agreement? Why nary connection placed successful the Parliament that was successful session? The Prime Minister has yet to springiness a satisfactory answer,” the SKM said.
On cotton, the SKM said India was self-dependent with treble the accumulation of the U.S. “The withdrawal of 11% fabric import work connected August 19, 2025 has sunk home fabric prices. Cotton farmers are staring astatine precise superior losses,” it said, adding that Mr. Goyal was insensitive to the issues of fabric farmers. The SKM added that the woody would enactment implicit 55 lakh pome husbandman families successful the state into crisis. Maize would beryllium imported arsenic adust distilled atom (DDG) arsenic per the interim statement and the import of DDG would deplete the home prices and interaction 120 lakh maize farmers, the SKM maintained. “Import of ethanol and maize volition harm the sweetener manufacture and astir 500 lakh sugarcane farmers,” the missive added.
