Farmers Movement Archive

Congress to take farm laws protest to guv’s doorstep

Mumbai: Congress activists led by revenue minister and state party president Balasaheb Thorat will gherao Raj Bhavan on January 16 to protest against the new farm laws and an “unprecedented” hike in fuel prices. Thorat criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who he said was refusing to reconsider the “anti-farmer” laws enacted last year, despite protests launched by farmers from more than a dozen states. “Farmers have been on strike for 40 days, while as many as 60 farmers died during the agitation,” Thorat said. “Despite such a crucial situation, the Prime Minister has not taken any steps to repeal the anti-farmer legislations. It is the most insensitive government at the Centre,’’ Thorat added To support the agitating farmers in New Delhi, Maharashtra Congress party workers will head to state capital Mumbai on January 16 and gherao Raj Bhavan, he said. “The new laws are against farmers and have been enacted for the benefit of some leading industrialists. Congress will support the agitating farmers at any cost,’’ Thorat said. On the one hand, Prime Minister Modi is determined to destroy the farming community, while on the other, following a massive hike in prices of petroleum products the lives of common people have become miserable, Thorat said. “The hike in the prices of petroleum products is the highest in 73 years,’’ Thorat said.

The Times of India

2021-01-12

Mumbai