Plea to make Bharat bandh a success
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Plea to make Bharat bandh a success
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A preparatory meeting on Bharat bandh in protest against the new farm laws and other issues, slated for March 26, has decided to make the programme a success in every village. Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sanghala Samanvaya Samithi, Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Vedika organised the preparatory meeting here on Wednesday. A poster on the bandh was released on the occasion. In response to the Bharat bandh call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the farmers associations, trade unions and other people organisations have chalked out the plan to make the bandh a success. The bandh is being organised to mark the completion of four months of the protest against the new Central farm laws at the Delhi borders, which started on November 26. Speakers at the meeting demanded the government to scrap the farm laws, withdraw labour codes and energy privatisation bill and stop privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. They also wanted the government to enact new legislation — Support Prices for Crops Guarantee Act, and a law to protect the tenant farmers. Samiti convener Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao, CPI State secretary K Ramakrishna, CPI(M) State secretary P. Madhu, CITU general secretary M.A. Gafoor, All India Kisan Sabha vice president Ravula Venkaiah, AITUC state general secretary G. Obulesu, A.P. Rythu Sangham president Y. Kesava Rao, State general secretary K.V.V. Prasad, A.P. Mouli Rythula Sangham state general secretary P. Jamalaiah, and others spoke on the occasion.
Publisher
The Hindu
Date
2021-03-18
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VIJAYAWADA,ANDHRA PRADESH