INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Farmers across Odisha on Friday staged protests against the agriculture reform bills passed in the Parliament.The Bharatiya Kisan Union
(BKU), All India Farmers Union (AIFU), All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), All India Kisan Mahasangh (AIKM) have come
on a common platform and protested against the agri bills at the Master Canteen square in BhubaneswarThe protest led by Akshaya of Navnirman
Krushak Sangathan (NKS) was hindered when they tried to gherao Krushi Bhawan in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar.The youth wing of Congress in
Cuttack led by MLA Md Moqueem as well as NKS members also launched protests opposing the passing of the farm bills in the Parliament.In
Odisha, the protest was joined by farmer leaders, activist, trade union leader and student activistsWe need to understand the Chronology of
events, two days before the agri bills were passed in Parliament, CBI raided a senior leader and former minister of the ruling BJD in
Odisha, following which the BJD supported the bill in Lok Sabha and opposed in Rajya Sabha and demanded the Bill be sent to Select Committee
doing it when the nation is going through the coronavirus crisis
Agriculture is a state subject, they are doing it for corporates and it is against farmers, by all means, even their own farmer organisation
Master Canteen square few metres away from Odisha Assembly.Commissionerate Police had formed a barricade in all prominent areas of Capital
Bhubaneswar preventing the farmer leaders to enter Odisha Secretariat and Assembly.Police officials were seen wearing PPEs kits while
dealing with the protesting farmers while detaining them.Jayanta Das, a farmer activist said, "Modi Government at the time of corona has
already finished economy and healthcare
The farming sector which has been helping to revive the economy will now be finished due to the passing of the three bills
We strongly oppose this bill which was passed in an undemocratic way
government wants to finish every sector and wants Corporate to rule us, the common labourers, farmers' lives will face the worst condition
You should understand the chronology first: they bring education reforms without any discussion with the State, then they go against
privatisation of Navratan Companies
They had promised to create 2 crore jobs per year, instead, they have taken down 12 crore jobs of youth
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