Farmers stage novel protest against farm Acts
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Farmers stage novel protest against farm Acts
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Coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ radio address, farmers staged a novel protest here on Sunday by beating plates in protest against the alleged ‘indifferent’ attitude of the BJP-led NDA government on the demand for repeal of the three farm Acts. Farmers under the banner of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) came in a procession to the busy RTC bus stand centre shouting slogans against the Centre for ‘wasting time’ on the pretext of talks without scrapping the Acts and withdrawing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, which was allegedly intended to phase out subsidies. They charged the Centre with not listening to the farmers who had been agitating since August. It was unfortunate that the Prime Minister had taken up cudgels for corporate firms without addressing the concerns of farmers, said AIKS Prakasam district president P. Hanumantha Rao. A.P. Rythu Sangham district secretary Vadde Hanuma Reddy demanded statutory backing to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) mechanism. Social forestry planters had a bitter experience as the paper mills failed to implement the tripartite agreement reached at the behest of the State government, he added referring to the market prices of subabul and eucalyptus crashing by more than 50%.
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The Hindu
Date
2020-12-28
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ONGOLE,ANDHRA PRADESH