Farmers Movement Archive

TRS leaders didn't participate in chakka jam

HYDERABAD: Members of various farmers’ welfare associations, political parties, including CPI, CPM and Congress, staged rasta roko on various highways in Telangana as part of the ‘chakka jam’ call given by the agitating farmers at national level demanding repeal of three farm laws brought in by the Narendra Modi government. They demanded that the central government immediately repeal the anti-farmer laws. They also demanded that chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao convene a special session of the assembly to pass resolutions that the central farm laws will not be implemented in Telangana. Though ministers and leaders from ruling TRS in Telangana had participated in Bharat Bandh call given by the farmers earlier, they did not participate in chakka jam on Saturday. Several members of farmer associations, CPI, CPM and Congress were taken into police custody and later released. CPI state secretary Chada Venkat Reddy said more and more people have started supporting the cause of agitating farmers in the country and that the Modi government government should concede the demands of peasants before it is too late. Former MP V Hanumanth Rao of Congress said Prime Minister Modi’s adamant attitude was being watched by people in the country. CPM state leader Tammineni Veerabhadram also demanded the BJP government immediately bring down the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG refill for domestic use. “The prices of petrol, diesel and LPG have sky-rocketed throwing the normal monthly budgeting plan of the middle class sections out of gear,” Veerabhadram said.

The Times of India

2021-02-07

Hyderabad