Farmers’ road blockade | Peaceful ‘satyagraha’ of farmers in national curiosity: Rahul Gandhi
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Ahead of the nationwide ‘chakka jam’ referred to as by the farmer unions protesting the Centre’s new agri legal guidelines, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on February 6 mentioned the peaceable ‘satyagraha’ of the ‘annadatas’ is in national curiosity because the farm legal guidelines are “harmful” for the nation.
Farmer unions had on February 1 introduced a national ‘chakka jam’ on February 6 throughout which they might block national and state highways between 12 midday and three p.m. to protest the web ban in areas close to their agitation websites, harassment allegedly meted out to them by authorities, and different points.
“The peaceful satyagraha of annadatas is in national interest — these three laws are not just harmful for farmers-labourers, but also for the people and the country. Full support!” Mr. Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally slammed the federal government over the farmers concern by posting on Twitter an image of the multi-layered barricading at one of the farmer protest websites.
“Why do you scare by the wall of fear?” she tweeted together with the image.
The Congress on Feb. 5 prolonged assist to the countrywide ‘chakka jam’ referred to as by the farmer unions, saying get together staff will stand shoulder to shoulder with farmers in their protest.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at Delhi’s borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh demanding the rollback of the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
The protesting farmers have expressed apprehension that these legal guidelines would pave the best way for the dismantling of the minimal assist value system, leaving them on the “mercy” of large companies.
However, the federal government has maintained that the brand new legal guidelines will deliver farmers higher alternatives and usher in new applied sciences in agriculture.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Gandhi attacked the federal government over a media report that post-budget there had been an increase in costs of petrol-diesel and LPG fuel cylinder, saying that the Modi authorities has disrupted the funds of each the nation and of houses.
