Farmers Movement Archive

Cong dharna in Yavatmal to support farmers’ Delhi stir

Yavatmal: The Yavatmal District Congress Committee staged dharna at the local Azad Maidan on Thursday to support the farmers’ ongoing agitation in New Delhi. Former Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Manikrao Thakre, former ministers Shivajirao Moghe and Vasant Purke, MLC and DCC president Dr Wazahat Mirza, ZP ex-president Pravin Deshmukh, former vice-president Balasaheb Mangulkar and others participated in the dharna. “The newly enacted farm laws are detrimental to the farmers in the country and the ruling BJP passed it without any consultation with the opposition parties. Congress is protesting against the laws right from the beginning as it would make farmers a pawn in the hands of corporates,” said Thakre. “Narendra Modi had in 2014 announced that if his party is voted to power, the first decision in the first cabinet meeting would be on the minimum support price (MSP) on the parameters of input cost plus 50% profit to the farmers. He has made this promise to the farmers across the country during his ‘Chai pe charcha’ programme held in Dabhadi village in Arni tehsil,” Thakre recalled. “After BJP was voted to power, Modi has forgotten the promise despite ruling the country for over six years. Banking on the brute majority in Parliament, PM Modi passed three laws, which are pro-corporates and have the potential to deprive the farmers of the MSP system,” said Shivajirao Moghe. “We support the farmers’ agitation for the revocation of the laws intended to help the corporate sector controlled by a handful of people,” said DCC president Mirza. Later, a delegation met district collector and submitted a memorandum supporting the farmers’ agitation.

The Times of India

2020-12-04

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