Farmers Movement Archive

Bharat Bandh will not impact Goa, says CM

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the ‘Bharat bandh’ call given by farmers to oppose three central agri-marketing laws would not impact Goa. He told reporters that the laws, which were passed by the Centre a few months ago, would benefit farmers and enable them to sell their commodities directly in the open market without the involvement of middlemen. “These laws will help farmers get a good price for their produce. They are farmer-friendly legislations,” he said. Opposition parties, including Congress, have lent their support to the nationwide bandh called for by thousands of farmers who are sitting on the borders of the national capital since November 26 demanding that the three agri laws be repealed. “We @incgoa extend full support to Goa Bandh called by Goa Units of All India Kisan Sabha & CITU, on 8/12/2020 in support of the Farmers of India agitating against Modi Govts attempts to handover Agriculture Sector to his Crony Capitalist Club,” Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar tweeted. Recently, Union minister for environment forest and climate change (MoEFCC) Prakash Javadekar had said the Modi government’s policy was to double farmers’ income by 2022. Referring to the three agri laws, he had said that except in Punjab, there was no major agitation over the matter. Javadekar, who was part of the Centre’s initiative to create awareness across the country about the new agri laws, had held a meeting with farmers at Chorao in this regard. The Union minister had also said that the government has allowed big companies to invest in agriculture and that farmers should get justice for their crop.

The Times of India

2020-12-08

Goa