Farmers Movement Archive

Repeal of farm laws is ‘freedom’ for farmers: Sanjay Raut

NASHIK: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday termed the Union government’s decision to repeal the three controversial farm laws as “freedom” of the farmers from the clutches of the corporate “jamindari.” He claimed the Centre had made the laws to favour the corporate houses, but the farmers’ grit and determination in continuing the prolonged agitation had forced the central government to roll back the laws. “The farmers opposed the laws in a democratic way till the time the Union government blinked. And after one-and-a-half years of struggle, the Union government understood that it could not go ahead and, therefore, decided to repeal the Acta,” Raut said while addressing the reporters during his tour of Nashik. Raut said the three laws were more in the favour of the corporates who could get the control over land, than the farmers who own the land. “The farmers braved the sun, wind and water during their agitation and forced the government to withdraw th laws, thus earning freedom for themselves from the ‘clutches’ of the corporate ‘jamindari’,” Raut said. Raut pointed out that farmers from across the country (not just two states) were supporting the agitators. “The government claimed that only the farmers from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh were agitating. However, farmers from across the country were supporting them,” he said. On the agitation by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) employees, Raut said transport minister Anil Parab is looking into the situation and hoped that the problems of each employee would be attended to.

The Times of India

2021-11-21

Nashik