New Delhi, July 16, 2021 (PPI-OT):Indian farmers are determined to carry on their agitation against three contentious farm laws introduced by Modi-led fascist Indian government in September last year.
A report released by Kashmir Media Service said, the contentious laws have sparked one of India’s biggest protests in the country. Intensifying their stir, the farmers have announced to hold protests outside the Indian Parliament throughout monsoon session starting from July 19 July to August 13.
It said, Kisan Morcha, an association of 40 farmers’ organizations in India, has announced that a group of farmers will protest outside Parliament every day during the monsoon session. Protesting farmers’ unions, will give a “chetavani patra” (warning letter) to all the opposition MPs to protest the 3 farm laws inside the parliament.
Experts have termed new agricultural reforms by Modi-led fascist Indian regime as a death warrant for farmers and tens of thousands of farmers, demanding repeal of 3 farm laws, have been camping out on highways on the outskirts of Delhi since November 2020. Over 550 Indian farmers have died since the start of the agitation against the farm laws last year, the report added.
The report said, Modi’s refusal to withdraw the three anti-farmer laws is indicative of his insensitivity towards the farmers’ plight as he wants to throw farmers at the mercy of corporate interests through new anti-farmer laws
It said, new agricultural laws, introduced by BJP regime, are meant to undermine the autonomy of Indian farmers and are aimed at throwing farmers at the mercy of corporate interests. The Indian farmers want unconditional repeal of the contentious farm laws, they maintained.
The internet has been cut in at least 14 of 22 districts in the Haryana state, close to New Delhi. This move has been made by local law enforcement authorities, who are acting on orders from the Prime Minister himself.
The government is attempting to quell one of the most immense agricultural protests that the contemporary world has ever seen.
“Our land is our mother,” said Mr Singh, a protestor speaking to the NYT. “It was passed on to us from our parents, who got it from their parents, and now Modi wants to acquire it and give it away to his rich friends.”
More than 300,000 farmers have committed suicide in India, over the last 20 years. Agriculture is the crucial livelihood for 58% of India’s 1.3 billion population, which means that even minute changes to laws can economically and socially ricochet – destabilising entire families for a generation.
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