Aurangabad: Shiv Sena backs Sikhs’ protest against Centre’s farm laws
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Aurangabad: Shiv Sena backs Sikhs’ protest against Centre’s farm laws
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AURANGABAD: Members of the city’s Shiv Sena unit joined a large number of Sikhs in their mega- protest against the three farm laws passed by the central government. While extending support to the farmers agitating at the Delhi border, the members of the Sikh community cutting across party lines called out the ‘insensitive’ approach of the Centre to introduce laws that are ‘pro-corporate’ and ‘anti-farmer’ in nature. Khushbirsingh Chandol, Navin Oberoi, Gurbachansingh Fauji, Surendrasingh Sabarwal, Rajendra Singh Jabinda were some of the prominent faces spotted at the protest. “It is wrong on the part of certain politicians to paint the farmers as anti-nationals. Farmers from across the communities and religious beliefs are participating in the agitation,” said Oberoi. Sena MLC Ambadas Danve said, “Over 2 lakh farmers are sitting out in cold but the Centre is not ready take cognizance of their demands. Their priority is West Bengal, not the farmers.” Danve said that if the Centre failed to meet the demands of the farmers, then his party would launch a drive at the village and taluka-level to make people at large aware about the anti-farm laws.
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The Times of India
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2020-12-27
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Aurangabad