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New Delhi, December 6
Congress, NCP, TRS, DMK and the AAP joined other opposition parties on Sunday to extend their support for the Bharat bandh on December 8 called by the farmers’ unions, which have been protesting on the Delhi borders for 11 days, demanding the repeal of the new agricultural laws. . The Trinamool Congress, RJD and the Left parties, as well as 10 central unions, had supported the national strike on Saturday.
The head of the NCP and former Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar warned the Center that if the stalemate continued, the unrest would not be limited to Delhi and people across the country would support protesting farmers.
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Pawar led a grouping of 11 opposition parties to issue a statement today, declaring their support for the bandh. “We extend our solidarity with the farmers’ ongoing struggle and extend our support for their call to Bharat bandh, demanding the withdrawal of the retrograde agricultural laws and the electricity amendment bill,” said a statement signed by Sonia Gandhi. , Pawar, MK Stalin from DMK, Tejashwi Yadav from RJD, Farooq Abdullah from NC, Akhilesh Yadav from SP, Sitaram Yechury from CPM, D Raja from CPI, Dipankar Bhattacharya from CPI (ML), Debabrata Biswas from All India Forward Bloc and Manoj Bhattacharya from RSP.
Leaders said farm laws passed in Parliament “in a blatant and undemocratic manner threaten India’s food security … lay the groundwork for the abolition of the MSP and mortgage Indian agriculture and our markets at the whims of corporations. multinational agro-industrial companies “.
Opposition leaders called on the Center to adhere to democratic processes and address the “legitimate demands of our kisan-annadatas.” Pawar, whose PNC is part of the Congress-led UPA, said farmers in Punjab and Haryana contribute the most to the country’s agriculture. “I hope the government realizes the wisdom and takes knowledge to solve the problem. If this stalemate continues, the protest will not be limited to Delhi, but people from all corners of the country will come to support the protesting farmers, ”he said.
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