EC go-ahead to farmers’ rally
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EC go-ahead to farmers’ rally
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KOLKATA: Medha Patkar is likely to address the Kisan Morcha rally on Friday at the Ramlila Maidan in Kolkata when farmer bodies start campaigning against farm laws in the poll-bound state. Over the next two months, Morcha rallies will travel through the districts and create a consensus against BJP. “We are coming to Bengal to ask people to identify the common enemy of farmers,” said Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav. Kisan Morcha leaders like Balbir Singh Rajewal, Darshan Pal and Hannan Mollah will also be present at the rally. The activists will take out tractors as a mark of protest against the farmers’ bill. “We had approached the election commission who has told us that intimating the police will be enough. We will approach the farmers to defeat the common enemy. We will then spread the message among the constituencies,” said Avik Saha, national general secretary of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee. Another Maha-Panchayat is likely to be held in Asansol after that. The same day, the farmer leaders will meet intellectuals in Bhowanipore. They might hold a maha-panchayat at Jadavpur University as well.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-03-12
Coverage
Kolkata