The Jammu and Kashmir Youth Congress unit on Monday organized a protest against the agricultural bills passed in Parliament on Sunday, claiming the bills were against the country’s farmers.
Dozens of Youth Congress leaders and activists gathered at the Jammu Press Club while holding anti-BJP posters and raising slogans against the BJP-led central government.
The protest was led by Uday Bhanu Chib, president of the J&K Youth Congress.
The protesters said these laws were ill-conceived and that the central government should withdraw the twin farm bills passed Sunday as they are against the nation’s landowners.
“Agricultural bills are against the federal cooperative spirit,” protesters said, questioning the need to introduce these bills during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chib said the bills were introduced with the intention of ending Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations and were against the economic interests of the agricultural sector.
The Youth Congress demanded the immediate repeal of the agricultural laws and threatened massive unrest throughout the union territory if the repeal demand is not met.
The Indian Youth Congress will also organize a “Gherao Parliament” for the rights of the country’s unemployed youth and farmers on Tuesday under the leadership of Krishna Allavaru, head of the IYC, and Srinivas BV, president of the IYC.
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