Earlier in the day, Congressional leaders Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury met with President Ram Nath Kovind and sought the withdrawal of recently enacted farm laws. Gandhi told the president that the laws were “anti-farmers” and would cause farmers to suffer great losses. In other news, a farmers’ body, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Lok Shakti), has proposed to the Supreme Court to challenge the three new agricultural laws it sought implementation in the pending matter in the high court, the PTI news agency reported.
Meanwhile, Punjab peasant leaders protesting on the Delhi borders have started traveling to different parts of the country from the site of dharna to connect them with the ongoing unrest. The protesting unions now plan to bring the unrest to 20 states covering nearly 500 districts by the end of December, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) said.
As part of the plan, Satbir Singh, the secretary general of state for the Kirti Kisan Union (KKU), Punjab, was in Mumbai on Tuesday, where he participated in a protest rally organized by Swabhimani Paksha of former MP Raju Shetti and also by the social activist Pratibha. Shinde.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Satbir Singh said: “The national wing of KKU, All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS), was also part of this protest. I had come alone from Punjab as KKU is part of 32 unions from Punjab farmers protesting on a common platform … The NDA government is repeatedly saying that the protest is limited to Punjab, but in fact, unions from other states are also calling us. “
Jagmohan Singh Patiala, General Secretary of BKU (Dakaunda), said: “I will go to Patna on December 29 as many Bihar farmers organizations are organizing a mega protest rally that day and I will be there as a member of AIKSCC and also as a representative. of an agricultural union in Punjab. I will speak to local farmers and their union leaders. “
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