Rail Roko’s protest against three controversial new farm laws has been extended until September 29.
Chandigarh:
After a call to intensify protests against the three controversial new agricultural bills, Punjab farmers, who have also extended their “Rail Roko” agitation until September 29, said that “the opposition is not misleading them” and they have read the fine. Print.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is blaming the opposition for instigating us. This is not correct. We have read the ordinances (now bills). The companies have pressured Prime Minister Modi to introduce these changes. We are receiving support from the farmers across the country. It is a very big popular movement. You will have to repeal these bills, you will not be able to carry out these changes on the ground, “said Sarwan Singh Pandher, Secretary of State for Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Samiti, who translated the bills to Punjabi and distributed among farmers.
Pandher added that he will not allow any political party to share the stage with them during these protests.
At least 28 passenger trains have been canceled as farmers in Punjab continued to block the train tracks on Day 3 of the “Rail Roko” upheaval. However, the Railways have not yet announced a revised schedule.
More than 265 groups affiliated with the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee and around 100 unaffiliated groups participated in nationwide protests on Friday seeking a complete reversal of the Agricultural Products Trade and Trade Bill (Promotion and Facilitation), 2020 Farmer Essentials and Price Assurance Agreement (Amendment) (Empowerment and Protection) Bil.
Farmers, thousands of whom blocked roads and railways despite the coronavirus pandemic and scorching heat as part of Bharat Bandh, have said they will intensify the protests as the central government has not approached them at all.
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told BJP workers to “get in touch with farmers … and report in very simplified language on the importance and complexities of the new agricultural reforms …”. The Prime Minister and his allies have maintained that opposition parties are “misleading” farmers about the provisions of the agrarian bills.
While farmers fear the bills will mean the loss of the price support system (MSP) and the entry of private actors that will put small and marginal farmers at risk, the BJP-led central government has said the projects Law will help farmers get better prices by allowing them to sell their produce at the markets and prices of their choice.
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