Farmers Movement Archive

Tractor rallies today to oppose farm laws

Ranchi: Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee (JPCC), a part of the ruling alliance in the state, on Sunday announced to hold tractor rallies across the state on Monday to up their ante against the new farm laws introduced by the Union government. The party dubbed the laws anti-farmer. The Grand Old Party also aims to collect signature of three lakh farmers during the statewide rallies which will be sent to the party’s high command as a part of the nationwide drive to submit the signatures to the President and demand a rollback of the controversial laws. Congress-ruled states have been up against the farm laws ever since it was introduced around two months back by the Narendra Modi government. After Punjab, Rajasthan government last month introduced three bills in the assembly against the farm laws enacted by the Centre. Punjab on the other hand had passed a resolution against the farm laws and passed four bills to counter the contentious laws. Recently, Punjab chief minister captain Amrinder Singh also led a rally in Delhi demanding a rollback. While Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and his party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) had criticised the laws and said it will favour the capitalists, ally Congress has been running campaigns on the ground. Congress president-cum-state finance minister Rameshwar Oraon said, “The farm laws aren’t acceptable to the farmers as it is aimed at indirectly ending the MSP by creating a platform for corporate players to earn profits. Voices of protests against anti-farmer laws is growing louder everywhere and the Union government must take a note.” Monday’s rally will kick off from Rampur in Namkum. Congress spokesperson Alok Dubey said, “The rally will begin at 11am and criss-cross through different parts of Ranchi. All MLAs and ministers of our party will take part in the rally, which is our continued fight for the farmers of the country and the state. After the BJP-led government in the Centre failed to amend the land acquisition Act, it has come up with farm laws that are pro-capitalist.” Meanwhile, JPCC also held demonstrations and party workers sported black badges in Ranchi and other parts of the state on Sunday on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of demonitisation, accusing the Modi government of paralysing the country’s economy and pushing people on the brink. In Ranchi, demonstrations were held at Albert Ekka Chowk and Morhabadi, which was attended by top notch office bearers of the party. “Notebandi (demonitisation) turned out to be a failed attempt to curb black money, but was a successful experiment by the Modi government to collapse the country’s economic growth in one stroke,” he said.

The Times of India

2020-11-09

Ranchi