Farmers Movement Archive

Oppn parties hit roads to protest farm Bills

PATNA: Leader of opposition in state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Friday hit the road driving a tractor to protest against the farm Bills passed by the Parliament. His elder brother, Tej Pratap, occupied the roof of the same tractor, holding an axe in his hand. Other opposition parties, including three Left parties, Congress, RLSP headed by Upendra Kushwaha and JAP led by Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav also protested against the passage of farm Bills. While interacting with mediapersons after his tractor march, Tejashwi said, “All the framers, workers, unemployed youths and poor have made up their mind to topple the government.” Trained gun on chief minister Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi said, “The CM should make it clear why agricultural products are not sold at minimum support price in the state. He keeps telling that others do not have knowledge, so he should talk about MSP. The fact is that the government is least concerned about farmers.” RJD MLA Bhola Yadav, who took part in another tractor march in Darbhanga, also lashed out at the NDA governments at the Centre and in state. “This march is in support of farmers whom the Centre wants to make slaves of big corporates. We had to wrap up protests early following enforcement of model code of conduct,” Bhola said. CPI (ML) supporters took out a march from Buddha Smriti Park to Dak Bungalow roundabout in the state capital. CPI (ML) national secretary general Dipankar Bhattacharya, while addressing the gathering, said the NDA government was trying to bring back ‘company raj’ in the country. “Voices are being raised across the country against these Bills. The way these Bills were passed in Rajya Sabha, it amounted to murder of democracy,” Bhattacharya said. JAP workers, on the other hand, raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the BJP office. In a video clip that has gone viral, some JAP workers could be seen climbing BJP’s office gate, which led to clashes between the two groups.

The Times of India

2020-09-26

Patna