Hunger strike for farmers on Martyrs’ Day
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Hunger strike for farmers on Martyrs’ Day
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Nashik: The citizens and organisations, gathered under the banner of the Samyukt Shetkari Kamgar Morcha, staged a day-long hunger strike in front of the Nashik district collectorate on Saturday as they observed the Martyrs’ Day — the day when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. They said the strike was in support of the farmers who have been agitating outside New Delhi since November 2020 against the three agriculture laws and the proposed electricity bill 2020, which they said were going to ruin the lives of farmers and the common man. The citizens said there were some anti-social elements who played spoilsport during the farmers’ tractor rally on January 26, 2021, in Delhi. The said the miscreants were not genuine farmers. “We want to express our solidarity with the farmers in New Delhi. We are determined to stand with the farmers till the time the agitation achieves its ultimate goal — the rollback of the three acts and the government bringing minimum support price (MSP) clause in the laws meant for protection of farmers,” said Raju Desle, of All-India Centre of Trade Unions. The agitation at the collectorate also witnessed the participation of Sunil Malusare of the All-India Kisan Sabha, Congress city unit president Sharad Aher, former Congress minister Shobha Bacchav, city unit president of NCP Ranjan Thakre, Dr D L Karad of Centre of Indian Trade Unions and others of the Rashtra Seva Dal.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-01-31
Coverage
Nashik