Farmers’ outfit threatens ‘suicide protests’ in Delhi
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Farmers’ outfit threatens ‘suicide protests’ in Delhi
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Trichy: The Desiya Thennindiya Nadhigal Inaippu Sangam on Thursday resolved to send 30 farmers to Delhi threatening that each of them will commit suicide one by one every day if the central government refused to repeal the three farm laws.The state executive meeting of the association led by P Ayyakannu, which met here on Thursday, passed four resolutions pertaining to agriculture-related issues in India and in support of the farmers protesting in Delhi. The resolution also said that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government had assured to provide two-fold profitable price for the agriculture produce when they came to power in the Centre. The meeting also said that the enactment of the three farm laws was aimed at cheating the farmers of not providing the assured profits. Another resolution asked Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami to comment on the farm laws only after completely going through and understanding the laws. “We hope that he will not let the agriculture ruin due to fear of the central government despite him claiming himself a farmer,” the resolution said. The committee also decided to hold continuous protests in Chennai and Trichy besides distributing the Tamil version of the farm laws in villages.
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The Times of India
Date
2020-12-18
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Trichy