Farmers Movement Archive

BJP plans kisan sammelans to counter farm law protest in Jharkhand

RANCHI: Hundreds of farmers will take part in kisan sammelans across the state on Tuesday, opposition BJP said on Monday. The saffron party has decided to organise kisan sammelans in the five commissionaries to counter the ongoing stir against the new agrarian laws passed by the Centre. Talking to media persons at the party office here on Monday, BJP general secretary (organisation) Aditya Sahu said that all three former chief ministers from the party — Babulal Marandi, Raghubar Das and Arjun Munda — will lead from the front to dispel false notions associated with the farm laws. While Marandi will campaign in the Santhal Pargana, Das will be in South Chotanagpur and Munda in Kolhan. The decision of the state BJP to hold the rallies has come in the wake of the stir against the new farm laws by various farmer unions near the borders of the national capital and the December 8 Bharat Bandh called over the issue. The farmers’ stir in the national capital region has not been resolved despite several rounds of talks between the Centre and the protesters. While the Centre has assured that the new farm laws won’t end the minimum support price (MSP) for crops, farmer bodies want the new laws to be repealed completely. Sahu said, “The real farmers didn’t protest on the streets during the bandh in Jharkhand on December 8. Some political parties and the middlemen are upset that the new laws will put a stop to their illegal activities. But BJP has decided to expose all such corrupt entities by sensitising the farmers. In our sammelans, hundreds of real farmers will turn up.” He added that Congress and its allies were misleading the nation by orchestrating stirs. “Farmers across the country are largely happy with the new laws,” Sahu said, adding that the NDA government under Narendra Modi was to committed the welfare of farmers unlike the previous UPA regime.

The Times of India

2020-12-15

Jamshedpur