Farmers Movement Archive

Left parties’ stir against farm laws in Jharkhand

Ranchi: The Left parties, including CPI, CPI (M-L), CPM, Marxist Coordination Committee, and RJD organised a ‘sankalp sabha’ at Bapu Vatika in Morhabadi on Saturday to oppose the central farms laws. CPM’s Prakash Viplav said, “We will form a common platform for campaigning against Reliance and other corporates. We will hold a meeting on February 3 to give a statewide shape to the platform.” Similarly, the Jharkhand Rajya Kisan Sangharsh Samanvaya Samiti held an eight-hour fast at Rahe in Ranchi in support of the ongoing farmers’ agitation at the Delhi border. Congress has planned a 80km tractor rally from Deoghar to Godda on Sunday in order to oppose the farm laws. Senior party leaders, including state Congress president Rameshwar Oraon, are expected to take part in the rally. Meanwhile, Kendriya Sarna Samiti (KSS) took out a torchlight procession from Jaipal Singh stadium to Albert Ekka Chowk in the evening demanding a separate Sarna code for Adivasis. KSS president Phulchand Tirkey said, “The Centre should ensure a separate Sarna code for Adivasis before the census starts or else our community will be ruined.” In another development, members of the 14th Finance Commission (Panchayati Raj) Employee Sangh staged a dharna at Birsa Chowk for renewal of their service contract, which ended in December last year. Earlier, they had sat on a dharna blocking both the gates of Heavy Engineering Corporation for renewal of their contracts. The protesters vacated one of the two roads on Friday to allow the movement of people and vehicles following an assurance from rural development minister Alamgir Alam. On January 22, these protesters were lathicharged when they were headed towards chief minister Hemant Soren’s office to hand over a memorandum.

The Times of India

2021-01-31

Ranchi