Farmers Movement Archive

Ryots to protest against farm Bills

Farmer organisations in the State have registered their strong protest against the Centre’s ‘unilateral’ attempts to get the three controversial farm Bills passed in Parliament and announced support for a nationwide protest called by farmer outfits on September 25. The Samyuktha Karshaka Samithi decided on Monday to stage protests outside Central government offices in the State on Friday. At 250 centres Protests would be organised in 250 centres, committee president Sathyan Mokeri and secretary K.N. Balagopal said. The three Bills would destroy the progress made by the country in the agricultural sector, take away minimum support price and push farmers into intense hardship, they said. As a consumer State, Kerala would witness a sharp rise in price of agricultural goods. By allowing contract farming, farmers would be relegated to the position of serfs, the committee said. In suspending the MPs who protested in Parliament, the BJP-led government had adopted an autocratic stance, the committee said. ‘Withdraw Bills’ Meanwhile, the Karshaka Pratirodha Samithi has demanded that the Centre withdraw the ‘anti-farmer’ Bills. They will take away the protection enjoyed by farmers and allow corporates a free run in the agriculture sector. A meeting of the samithi on Monday agreed to support the September 25 protest, samithi State secretary N. Vinod Kumar said.

The Hindu

2020-09-22

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,KERALA