Farmers from 27 tehsils of Kota div take out protest rally
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Farmers from 27 tehsils of Kota div take out protest rally
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Kota: In support of the farmers’ agitation in Delhi, hundreds of farmers from the 27 tehsils of the four districts of Kota division marched a rally in Kota city on Thursday demanding withdrawal of the farm bills. They submitted a memorandum to the district collector in this regard.A rally of around 1,500-2,000 farmers under the aegis of Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Sangharsh Samanvaya Samiti (ABKSS) assembled at the Shahid Smarak in the city on Thursday noon. The farmers, some of them riding in tractor-trolleys and on two-wheelers marched through the main roads while demonstrating slogans against the farm bills with banners and placards in their hands. Heavy police force was deployed along with the farmers demonstrating in the rally to check any untoward incident.The rally reached the district collector’s office where a 11-member delegation of farmers led by ABKSS Kota division convener Fatehchand Bagla, Dulichand Bordha of Kisan Sabha and Abdul Gafur of Kisan Federation met Kota district collector and handed him a memorandum demanding withdrawal of farm bills, formation of law on MSP and other demands.The farmers termed the recently passed bills as anti-farmer and anti-agriculture and demanded the Union government to immediately revoke them.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-12-04
Coverage
Jaipur