Farmers Movement Archive

Hit streets on Dec 8: Jharkhand CM to JMM workers

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC) has extended its support to the Bharat bandh called by farmers protesting against the recently enacted farm laws in the Delhi-Haryana border, on December 8. On Sunday, JPCC president Rameshwar Oraon issued directives to all the party workers, asking them to hit the streets on Tuesday in order to make the bandh “a grand success”. “Party workers - right from the state to the block level – have been asked to hit the streets on December 8 in solidarity with the farmers and demand for the roll back of such draconian laws,” Oraon said, adding, “Congress has been holding several protests since September, both at the state and national level, against the central laws.” “The laws are an attempt to end minimum support price given to farmers and corporatise farming which will push the farmers on the brink of further hardships. We will continue to fight tooth and nail till our demands are met,” he said. Meanwhile, like Congress, several parties in Jharkhand have come out in support of the farmers. On Sunday, a joint delegation of Left parties and two members of the grand alliance — Congress and RJD — held a protest march in Albert Ekka Chowk against the laws. JMM, which is the leading partner in the grand alliance, has criticized the laws with the party working president and chief minister, Hemant Soren, terming them as an attack on the country’s annadata (provider). A few days ago, when asked about the ongoing farmers’ protest along the Delhi borders, Hemant said that he felt sorry seeing scores of farmers hitting the streets to safeguard their rights. Several Left parties, on the other hand, have organised protest marches on the issue in the last few days. On Friday, they organised a candlelight march across block and district headquarters in the run up to their upcoming state-wide chakka jam on December 10.

The Times of India

2020-12-07

Ranchi