Farmers Movement Archive

CPI leaders lambast Central govt.

Former national general secretary of Communist Party of India Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy affirmed that withdrawing the three farm laws and the Electricity Act were the only ways before the Central government to convince farmer groups on the Delhi border to withdraw their protest. Mr. Sudharkar Reddy spoke on Saturday at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing National Council meeting of the CPI, in place of the incumbent national general secretary D. Raja, who had to be shifted to hospital midway through the meeting due to indisposition. Mr. Sudhakar Reddy alleged conspiracy behind the violent turn of the farmers’ protest, and sought to know how tractors could reach the Red Fort when over 6,000 policemen were guarding the roads. He also questioned how TV channels came to know about the change in timings of the tractor rally from 11 a.m. to 6 a.m. on January 26, and why all the channels chose to show only the developments at the Red Fort instead of the rally with one lakh tractors. Also lambasting the Central government for neglecting the spread of COVID-19, he said that PM Narendra Modi should own responsibility for it. The country is in severe economic crisis as a result of COVID, and the Centre should take measures in the upcoming Budget to alleviate the situation for the unemployed, migrant labourers, and poor vendors, he demanded. General secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha Atul Anjan said that the farmers’ struggle would continue till the three laws were scrapped, and agricultural produce of all kinds brought under MSP.

The Hindu

2021-01-31

HYDERABAD,TELANGANA