Patiala, Feb. 18 -- The protesting farmer unions, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha and Samyukta Kisan Morch (non-political), have once again invited SKM, an umbrella group of 32 farmer unions, for unity talks in Chandigarh on February 27.

However, this time fasting leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal-led SKM (non-political) is pushing for the unity talks. On the earlier occasions, this faction had been reluctant for the talks and during the last unity talks held on February 12 in Chandigarh, the SKM (non-political) had skipped the meeting.

So far, the SKM, which had spearheaded the Kisan Andolan 1.0 at the Delhi borders, has not participated in the ongoing farm agitation on the Punjab and Haryana borders. It is the SKM (non-political) and KMM that have be...