Farmers Movement Archive

Telangana farmers reach Delhi border

Bathinda: Some farmers from Telangana arrived on Delhi’s Tikri border on Tuesday under the banner of All-India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS) to join the protest against three central agri-marketing laws. Another group from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is due to arrive on Wednesday. Khwaja Hussain of the AIKMS and Kirti Kisan Union vice-president Rajinder Singh Deep Singh Wala said the central government was under the impression that paddy transplantation season will dwindle the numbers at the protest sites. They accused the Centre of telling the state governments to block the farmers’ electricity subsidy. That’s like implementing the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 through backdoor, as it serves the interests of the corporate houses. They say the longer this movement goes, the more it will expose the "corporate controlled government policies and build a mass consciousness against capitalism".

The Times of India

2021-06-16

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