Farmers Movement Archive

EPS only CM from non-BJP ruled states to support farm laws, says Kanimozhi

Coimbatore: Hours after chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami argued in favour of three new farm laws brought by the Centre, DMK sharpened its attack on the CM. DMK MP M K Kanimozhi said EPS was the only chief minister from a non–BJP ruled state supporting the farm laws. Addressing a gathering of farmers as part of `Vidiyalai Nokki Stalin-in Kural’ campaign at Pollachi on Wednesday, Kanimozhi said that the three laws were inherently anti–farmer in nature. “That was the reason hundreds of farmers are protesting in Delhi. Stalin was opposing the laws as they would affect the farmers. But EPS was supporting the three laws,’’ she noted. Kanimozhi said that the three laws would take away food security for the poor and downtrodden. It was more than clear that the laws would not help farmers rather they would benefit only the corporates, she said. “DMK is very particular about providing a minimum support price for the benefit of farmers. But the new farm laws do not guarantee MSP,’’ she said. She pointed out that it was DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi who brought free electricity for farmers, but the Centre was bringing in changes to remove free power for farmers. Though late chief minister J Jayalalithaa had opposed the Centre for the attempt to do away with free power, the present AIADMK dispensation was silent on the move now, she alleged. Alleging that the Centre as well as the state government had totally failed the farmers, Kanimozhi said that the state government had also duped the public claiming that all water bodies were revived by ‘kudimaramathu’ works. “Only politicians benefited in the name of carrying out the work. There was no revival of water bodies,’’ she said. Recalling the irregularities in the PM Kisan scheme, Kanimozhi said that the EPS-led government had failed even to implement the scheme meant to benefit farmers properly.

The Times of India

2020-12-10

Coimbatore