Farmers blocking roads in Bengaluru detained

Farmers and members of Kannada organisations tried blocking roads at two factors in town, close to Yelahanka and Mysore Bank Circle, on Saturday afternoon as a part of the nationwide “chakka jam” protest referred to as by Samyukta Kisan Morcha towards farm legal guidelines.

However, they have been detained by town police minutes after they began blocking roads.

Farmer chief Kuruburu Shanthakumar, who led the protest at Yelahanka, stated policemen detained three teams of farmers who tried to dam roads one after one other. “Our only demand is that the Union government must withdraw the three farm laws. But today’s protest is also against how the Union government is treating farmers, booking false cases and using brute force of the police against them,” he stated.

Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj, who led the highway block at Mysore Bank Circle, described the Narendra Modi regime as “pro-corporate and authoritarian” and stated the individuals have been ‘awakened’ and the motion towards “anti-farmer” legal guidelines wouldn’t relaxation until the legal guidelines are withdrawn. He additionally got here down closely on Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa for “blindly following the diktat of the Centre” and likewise bringing amendments to land reforms in the State. He led a “guddali chaluvali” attempting to dig up roads to protest the in depth barricading of Delhi’s borders. However, policemen didn’t enable this and detained Kannada activists and farmers.