New farm laws: Indefinite sathyagraha in Kerala to back farmers
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New farm laws: Indefinite sathyagraha in Kerala to back farmers
Description
PALAKKAD: Various organizations of farmers have decided to go on an indefinite sathyagaha in solidarity with the agitating farmers in Delhi against the Centre’s new farm laws. The protest will be inaugurated by P T John, south Indian coordinator of Rashtriya Kisan Maha Sangh at Palakkad collectorate at 9.30am on Monday. The farmers will also take out a march from the Martyrs Column of Fort Maidan to the collectorate, demanding that the central government withdraw the three agriculture marketing laws recently passed in Parliament as they will harm the interests of farmers in the country. Meanwhile, the tractor march taken out by Mar Thoma Yuvajana Sakhyam (MTYS), the youth department of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church concluded in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. The march began from Kottayam on January 1 in solidarity with the agitating farmers in Delhi. Around 120 persons took part in the march. The tractor march was featured by candlelight protests at junctions where the members rested for night. The march concluded in front of Raj Bhavan. MLA V S Sivakumar, Janadhipathya Kerala Congress leader Antony Raju were present on the occasion.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-01-04
Coverage
Kochi