the Bandh It is unlikely to affect normal life in Bengaluru as all essential services are expected to be operational tomorrow. Some 25,000 farmers are likely to come to town for a demonstration, and this may hamper movement in the central business district.
The organizations decided to go ahead with the bandh after Karnataka Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa refused to withdraw the bills his government had introduced during the session.
Ignoring the CM’s call to suspend the bandh, Kodihalli Chandrashekar, President of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, and Kuruburu Shanthkumar, President of the Karnataka Sugar Cane Producers Association, said that they will go ahead with the bandh and organize a rally from the City Hall to Freedom Park. around 11 am Various pro-Kannada organizations and Congress have supported the so-called bandh. Farmer leaders have decided to run gherao trains across the state.
Yediyurappa urges farmers to stop the uproar
Kodihalli Chandrashekar said that all entry and exit points from Bengaluru City will be blocked.
Yediyurappa appealed to farmers’ leaders on Sunday to cancel the bandh, saying that amendments made to laws like the APMC Law are favorable to farmers. “Both the position of my government and the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are favorable to the farmers. The amendment to the APMC Act gives farmers the right to sell their products anywhere except APMC shipyards. We have fulfilled a pending demand from farmers for a long time, ”said the CM, adding that 90% of farmers have welcomed the amendment.
Finance Minister R Ashoka said that Karnataka Agrarian reform bill approved in the assembly was a continuation of the decisions of the previous congressional regime.
“The decision to implement these reforms was recommended by the Siddaramaiah government and was endorsed by several senior leaders in Congress. We have withdrawn the increase in the cap on land and have declared that irrigated land cannot be acquired for anything other than agriculture. We have ensured that the SC / ST land remains intact by deciding to remove sections 79 A and B, ”he said.
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