Farmers Movement Archive

Uttar Pradesh TMC to hold stir against rising fuel prices

LUCKNOW: The UP unit of the Trinamool Congress would stage a two-day dharna against the skyrocketing prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas in the country and how the BJP government at the Centre remains unmindful of hardships of the common man due to the rising prices of the necessary commodities. The farmers’ issues will also be raised during the dharna. “It seems the cabinet reshuffle is of utmost importance to the BJP government. The plight of farmers and farm-related issues should have been the priority of the government. But this government does not hesitate in using force against farmers,” said the UP TMC president Neeraj Rai. Besides targeting the BJP at the Centre, the dharna would help the state party unit to mobilise its cadre and register presence in UP which has assembly elections due early next year. The UP TMC has added new members through the membership drive that started in April and is continuing. The new members and the existing cadre would come together to give the party a momentum in UP and bring it in the poll mode. The TMC in West Bengal has chartered its route to power because of its dharna politics. The UP unit of the TMC would also be raised on the West Bengal model of the party. After becoming the national party in 2017, this would be the first protest that the party would hold in UP on a noticeable scale with at least 300 members expected to be present at the dharna venue, which would be held at GPO in Lucknow. The party’s UP unit has been voicing concern for agitating farmers and has also extended support to the farmers’ protest against the new farm laws of the BJP government.

The Times of India

2021-07-10

Lucknow