Samyukt Kisan Morcha to meet CMs, Opposition leaders against U.S. deal in fight for federal rights

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella assemblage of assorted workplace outfits, has decided to conscionable Chief Ministers and Opposition leaders of each States with their request that the India-United States bilateral commercialized statement indispensable beryllium scrapped. The SKM launched “Strong States for Strong India” run to support national rights and reconstruct taxation powerfulness of States by amending the Goods and Services Taxes (GST) Act.

Talking to reporters, SKM leaders said successful New Delhi connected Thursday (February 26, 2026) that they volition taxable a memorandum to the Chief Ministers and Leaders of Opposition for protecting involvement of farmers by holding peculiar sessions of State Assemblies and adopting resolutions asking the Union authorities to refrain from signing the “anti-national” commercialized deal.

“We reiterate our request to disregard Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal for betraying the involvement of farmers. We volition inquire the CMs to inquire the Union authorities to retreat a missive from Union Finance Ministry asking States to extremity bonus connected wheat and paddy,” the leaders added. The different demands successful the memorandum see repealing the VB-GRAMG Act 2025 and reconstruct MGNREG Act, repeal the 4 Labour Codes and instrumentality measures to code the diminution successful fiscal autonomy of States.

“As per the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled successful Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman connected January 29, 2026, the fig of gross surplus States severely fell from 19 successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2018-19 to 11 successful the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26,” the memorandum noted, adding that portion the “Make successful India” inaugural was launched successful 2014 to rise the stock of the manufacturing assemblage to 25% by 2022, the manufacturing value-added percent of GDP has fallen from implicit 16% successful 2014 to beneath 13% successful 2024-25.

“Both the supra unambiguous facts are much than capable to exposure the volley of propaganda by the firm media and the NDA authorities led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the Viksit Bharat 2047, which is thing but colourful mendacious advertisement and capable to assistance immoderate sensible national to unfastened their eyes and get liberated from the illusion of the existent corporate-driven improvement trajectory,” the memorandum further said.