Farmers Movement Archive

Rajasthan: Kisan Mahapanchayat calls Bharat bandh on March 26

JAIPUR: The Kisan Mahapanchayat held here in protest against the three farm laws passed by the Centre was attended by kisan leader Rakesh Tikait who gave a call for a Bharat bandh on March 26. Tikait said he would have to travel to Delhi again with a tractor while appealing to the farmers to make the March 26 bandh a success. Thunderstorm followed by rain played spoilsport at the Kisan Mahapanchyat organised at Vidyadhar Nagar stadium on Tuesday. Though the organisers planned a mega gathering of about a lakh farmers, the attendance was thin. Tikait could not complete his speech due to the rain and storm. Even a portion of the pandal collapsed because of the sudden showers. However, no one injured in the incident. More than a dozen farmer leaders addressed the Mahapanchayat. The Modi government was on the target of almost all farmers ire. The leaders accused the central government of cheating them in the name of MSP. Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesman Tikait while addressing the gathering alleged that the leaders of the BJP government at the Centre were dividing people on the basis of caste and religion. “Now the time has come to raise slogans of Jai Ram and Jai Bhim along with Allah hu Akbar for the progress of the country,” he said. Chandrasekhar, head of Bhim Army, said the farmers are not free today. All people of the country will have to be united in the agitation, including banks and insurance employees.

The Times of India

2021-03-24

Jaipur