NEW DELHI, 05 December 2021, (TON): The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, formed a five-member committee to hold talks with the Centre.

Addressing a press briefing, the protesting farmers have said that they will not move from protest sites till the government withdraws cases registered against them during stir against farm laws.

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said "SKM has formed a 5-member committee to talk to the government. It'll be the authorised body to talk to the government. The committee will have Balbir Singh Rajewal, Shiv Kumar Kakka, Gurnam Singh Charuni, Yudhvir Singh & Ashok Dhawale.”

He added "the next meeting has now been fixed for December 7 with the next two days kept for the government to respond to it and work along with the 5-member committee to resolve the pending issues to its logical conclusion.”

The central government has passed a Bill in Parliament to repeal three contentious farm laws, which triggered a year of protest by farmers at Delhi's border points.

Repeal of farm laws was one of the main demands of thousands of farmer protesters. But the stalemate continues as other demands of farmers such as legal guarantee on MSP, compensation to families of farmers who died during the movement and withdrawal of cases against them are still to be met.