Farmers to protest against agri reforms
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Farmers to protest against agri reforms
Description
Jaipur: Farmer organisations have given a call to register protest against the farm reforms on September 21. Former president of All India Kisan Sabha Amra Ram on Friday said the new law will make lakhs of farmers in Rajasthan extremely poor. The unions are also considering a state-wide bandh on September 25. Ram said they have already started consultations with farmer associations and individual farmers in Rajasthan and in the country. “The farmer community is very angry,” said Ram, a former MLA from Dantaramgarh in Sikar from CPI (M). The farmers will register their protest at the district headquarter on September 21. Reports said farmers in Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh have started building a strategy for protest in their districts. Both the districts are bordering Punjab which is raising a strong protest against the government. Accusing the Union government of again taking the stakeholders for granted without taking any national-level farmers association into the account. “It will give absolute powers to the buyer who will play with the insecurities of farmers forcing the respective state to be a mute spectator,” said Ram.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-09-19
Coverage
Jaipur