Patiala, Feb. 11 -- After much deliberation, the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) announced on Monday that it would participate in the February 12 unity meeting in Chandigarh.

In a letter to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 32 farm unions, the KMM expressed its commitment to full unity and agreed to SKM's primary demand - opposing the new draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing (NPAFM) - as part of the 12-point demand charter of protesting unions.

Addressing a press conference at the Shambhu border, KMM coordinator Sarwan Singh Pandher said that the KMM initiated unity talks and would not back out.

"We have already protested against the NPAFM and fully support its opposition. We seek maximum unity...