Farmers Movement Archive

TN farmers to send coconuts to protesters in New Delhi

Tirupur: As an expression of solidarity, the Tamil Farmers Protection Association has decided to send one lakh coconuts to farmers protesting in Singhur against the three contentious farm laws for more than two months.President of the association Nalla Gounder said that there was concerted propaganda to dilute the farmers’ agitation.There were also attempts to discredit the protesting farmers by citing the violence on Republic day, though the violence was handiwork of anti-social elements who intruded into the protest, he said. “The other propaganda was that there was no support for the Delhi farmers protest from farmers in other parts of the country,” he said.In a bid to disprove the propaganda, they have decided to express solidarity by sending coconuts. Nalla Gounder said they would collect 10 coconuts from each farmer here and send the load. TNN

The Times of India

2021-02-08

Coimbatore