Farmers Movement Archive

Stir in Jamshedpur to support agitating farmers in Delhi

JAMSHEDPUR: A few political parties and social outfits joined hands with the Jharkhand Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (JGPC) in Jamshedpur on Sunday and staged a rosh yatra (anger march) to protest the new farm laws introduced by the Centre. The march started from Sakchi Gurdwara and ended with a public meeting at Sakchi roundabout. A sizeable number of people participated in the march in support of the farmers protesting at Singhu Border for the last 38 days. “If the January 4 meeting between the government representatives and the farmers’ groups fail to arrive at a satisfactory resolution, we will go to Delhi to join our farmers at Singhu Border,” said JGPC chairman Sardar Shailendra Singh. Earlier in the day, the All India Sikh Student’s Federation (ALSSF), Jharkhand-Bihar unit president, Satnam Singh Gambhir, tweeted out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to repeal the farm bills. “Hopeful of a good result tomorrow (Monday). If talks fail, we will intensify our agitation,” he said. Senior Congress leader Anand Bihari Dubey said Minimum Support Price is the right of the farmers. “Prime Minister should realise farmers will not call off the agitation until the farm laws are revoked,” he said. JMM district committee leader, Mahavir Murmu said his party will stand with the farmers till the objectives are achieved. The Communist Party of India, Kisan Morcha (farmers’ outfit) and a few social outfits also spoke in support of the farmers and demanded scrapping of the bills. The Aam Adami Party (AAP), which staged a dharna at the Sakchi roundabout separately, accused Modi of working for a segment of corporate houses. “Farm bills of the Modi government is a sweet poison aimed at finishing the future of the farmers, but our sensible farmers have realised it on time,” said Kolhan in-charge of AAP Prem Kumar.

The Times of India

2021-01-04

Jamshedpur