Farmers Movement Archive

UP: Samajwadi Party holds meets at 132 locations to discuss farm laws

LUCKNOW: Lending support to the ongoing farmers’ protest against the new farm laws, Samajwadi Party on Friday held Kisan Chaupals at 132 locations across the state. In the meetings, senior party leaders informed farmers about farm laws and the ruling BJP’s move to implement it despite strong opposition from agriculturists. After SP national president Akhilesh Yadav mooted the idea of Kisan Chaupal, senior party veterans like leader of opposition in the state assembly Ram Govind Chaudhary, state president Naresh Uttam Patel, MPs Shafiqur Rehman Barq, ST Hasan, former MP Dharmendra Yadav and former minister Arvind Singh Gope, besides district presidents and spokespersons, were allotted specific villages where they had to address farmers meetings. The leaders also uploaded live video clips and pictures of their interactions with farmers on social media platforms. In most of the villages, interactions began in the afternoon and continued till late in the evening when farmers were seen sitting around bonfires listening to SP leaders. Party leaders spent time with farmers and their families and informed in detail about the grounds on which farmers were protesting against the new laws. “Farmers have been the victim of BJP’s anti-poor policies and have been subjected to atrocities. The government failed to double the income of farmers, as promised by the BJP before elections, but brought in three anti-farmer laws. It is a conspiracy to ruin the farmers and push them into the hands of corporates,” the SP president said. Speaking about Kisan Chaupal and Kisan Ghera (to sit with farmers around bonfires), Akhilesh said farmers need to be informed about what these farm laws are meant for, and therefore, he asked senior leaders to fan out to villages and personally talk to farmers.

The Times of India

2020-12-27

Lucknow