Farmers Movement Archive

Cong holds tractor rally in CM’s constituency against farm laws

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand unit of Congress on Tuesday held a “tractor rally” in chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat’s constituency Doiwala to protest against the farm laws, which were recently passed in the parliament. Led by state Congress chief Pritam Singh, the farmers from Dehradun and neighbouring Haridwar reached Doiwala in their tractors. On the occasion, Singh said that Congress would continue to oppose the laws as they are against the farmers of the country. On the issue, he said, “In each and every state, these laws are being opposed by the farmers.” Meanwhile, Congress state vice-president Suryakant Dhasmana pointed out that farmer suicides have been recorded for the first time in Uttarakhand in the last three years. “Even when Uttarakhand was a part of Uttar Pradesh, no farmer suicides were reported from this. Today, debt-ridden farmers are facing tough times and the government is in no mood to waive off their loans. On the contrary, the government is just interested in giving more loans to farmers in Uttarakhand. The three farm laws have further deepened the crisis for the farmers,” said Dhasmana.

The Times of India

2020-11-11

Dehradun