Farm laws: Cong holds protests in all T dists
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Farm laws: Cong holds protests in all T dists
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Hyderabad: The Congress on Friday organised protests in all 33 districts of Telangana against the three farms laws passed recently by the BJP government at the Centre. The party also charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah of “mortgaging the interests of farmers to corporates”. Addressing a protest rally, AICC secretary in-charge Manickam Tagore and TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that lives of farmers have been affected adversely since BJP came to power at the Centre and TRS in Telangana. “The new farm laws have rendered MSP irrelevant. There is nothing binding the corporates to procure agriculture produce at MSP. The central government should immediately withdraw the laws and address the concerns of farmers,” Uttam said. The party also launched a signature campaign and aims to collect more than two lakh signature of farmers. The signatures would be submitted to President Ram Nath Kovind by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on November 14.
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The Times of India
Date
2020-10-03
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Hyderabad