Farmers Movement Archive

Centre must repeal farm laws: Baghel

Wardha: Chhattisgarh Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday said the three farm laws must be repealed and the Central government should decide in favour of farmers to end the protests going on in Delhi for the last 50 days. “After selling airports and railways, the central government is now eyeing farm lands. But the farmers have understood the tactics and the Supreme Court too has taken notice of the protests,” said Baghel. Baghel was in Sewagram on Thursday to address the last day of the three-day camp organized for Chhattisgarh Congress office bearers at Gandhi Ashram. He also said the Chhattisgarh government is communicating with the tribal people living in the forest to stop spread of Maoism. “Maoism flourished in Chhattisgarh during the BJP rule but our government is taking its efforts to curb it,” said Baghel. Talking to media he said, the purpose of the camp was to create new energy among the party by propagating Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals of non-violence, peace, equality and eradicating untouchability. The CM further said, “At the camp, emphasis was laid on making the villages self-reliant by implementing the Narwa-Garwa-Ghurwa-au-Badi Yojana (NGGB scheme) in Chhattisgarh more efficiently with an emphasis on rural economy by Gram Swarajya model of Gandhian ideology.” He further said that pre-Independence village economy and post-Independence scenario were also discussed at the camp, besides how to restore and sustain the economic model through Gandhian ideology. Earlier, he visited Adi Niwas, Ba Kuti, and later Bapu Kuti where he also prayed. He said Mahatma Gandhi had a long association with Chhattisgarh. “The government is implementing various initiatives in Chhattisgarh for rural development, villages are moving towards self-reliance. Mahatma Gandhi’s Sarvodaya idea is important for Chhattisgarh,” he said. The camp was attended by Chhattisgarh Congress state president Mohan Markam, CL Bhumia, Dr Chandan Yadav, Sachin Rao, Vinod Verma, Prateek Sharma and Rajesh Tiwari. Two MLAs from Chhattisgarh, Rajya Sabha member Purvadevi Netam, all the Congress district presidents and panchayat presidents from Chhattisgarh were also present.

The Times of India

2021-01-15

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