Shetti: Let panchayats hold meets
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Shetti: Let panchayats hold meets
Description
KOLHAPUR: The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana has demanded that the government should allow village panchayats to hold gram sabhas so that the villagers can pass a resolution opposing the farm laws. The farmers outfit is planning to get the resolution passed in the gram sabhas as the next step of the agitation for repealing of the three farm laws. According to farmers, the farm laws will dismantle the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system given to the produce through agriculture produce market committees and help corporates monopolise the farm sector and snatch away their right to seek justice in case of dispute. Raju Shetti, president of the outfit and former Member of Parliament, said, “Gram sabhas are the parliament of the village and each villager is a member. The farmers will pass the resolution, appealing the Supreme Court, President of India to repeal the farm laws. However, due to the social distancing rules owing to the ongoing pandemic, the gram sabhas have been banned by the state government. We want the ban to be lifted as early as possible.”
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-02-09
Coverage
Kolhapur