Bandh gets good response: Anjaan
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Bandh gets good response: Anjaan
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Lucknow: To mark the completion of four-month of the farmers’ struggle against the farm laws, the All-India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Samiti and the Samyukt Kisan Morcha observed Bharat bandh on Friday. Giving this information to reporters here on Friday, All-India Kisan Sabha general secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said that the farmers organisations, which have been protesting against the farm laws enacted by the Union government, had given the bandh call. Claiming that the bandh received a full support of people, especially the youth, women and workers, Anjaan said that it got a tremendous response in Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar. In western UP most of the markets wore a deserted look, the AIKS general secretary said, adding that in eastern UP, too, the bandh evoked a good response. Regretting that at some places policemen were seen exerting pressure on shopkeepers to open their establishments, Anjaan also cited several incidents where protesters had to face the police wrath. He said that over 500 farmer organisations and at least 10 central trade unions had extended full support to the farmers’ bandh call. Anjaan said that the protest would continue till demands of farmers are met.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-03-27
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Lucknow