Farmers Movement Archive

BJP holds agitation demanding implementation of farm laws

Aurangabad: The BJP held protests in different parts of Marathwada on Wednesday to denounce the Maharashtra government for refusing to implement the farm laws. In Aurangabad, BJP functionaries, led by former assembly speaker and MLA Haribhau Bagde, torched copies of the state resolution against the laws. The protesters demanded immediate implementation of all the three laws while claiming that they are pro-farmers and aimed at liberating them financially. In Beed, BJP office functionaries took a tractor rally to the district collector’s office to push their demand. Similar agitations were held in other districts of Marathwada. Taking cognizance of the increasing number of protest marches in different parts of the country, the state BJP decided to counter the narrative by taking out marches in favour of the new farm laws. The party functionaries said that through protest marches and rallies, they want to convey that a large number of farmers in the country are in the favour of the new laws. Meanwhile, leaders of the Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress slammed the BJP by terming their attitude ‘hypocritical’. Multiple statements were issued by the MVA leaders claiming that during the UPA government at the Centre, the BJP was dead against these farm bills, but had passed the same bills after coming to power.

The Times of India

2020-10-08

Aurangabad