Farmers Movement Archive

Bapu warns of indefinite fast

Gandhinagar: Former chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela said on Sunday that he will sit on an indefinite fast at Raj Ghat in Delhi if the Union government does not accept the demands of farmers over the newly enacted farm laws. Extending his support to the agitating farmers, the Praja Shakti Morcha convener said that support for the agitating farmers is growing in Gujarat and despite farmers protesting on the outskirts of Delhi for 25 days, the government is not willing to accept their demands. “If the government does not accept the demand of the farmers by December 25, which is Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary, I will sit on an indefinite fast at Raj Ghat,” Shankersinh Vaghela said on Sunday in Gandhinagar. Vaghela said the newly enacted farm laws will spell disaster for farmers, especially the marginal and small farmers. “These new farm laws will have to be repealed if we have to save our farmers,” the former CM said.

The Times of India

2020-12-21

Ahmedabad