Bharat Bandh on 8 Dec: Congress, TRS, AAP, left parties extend support
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- Published: December 6, 2020 16:30
New Delhi: Several parties have decided to support the Bharat bandh called on December 8 in support of the farmers protesting against the Centre’s new agriculture laws. Farmers have been protesting at the borders of the national capital for the past eleven days now against the three farm laws. The Centre is engaging with farmers to settle their differences.
TRS to support Bharat bandh
Opposing the new farm laws, the TRS leader, who is the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, said that the minimum support price (MSP) has not been assured in the legislation. She claimed that farmer is insecure because if mandi structure is dismantled there is no alternative structure in this country.
We'd opposed the Bills in Parliament, we continue to do so. MSP hasn't been assured in any of these Bills. Also, if mandi structure is dismantled there's no alternative structure in this country, so farmer is insecure. TRS will support the farmer' Bandh call: K Kavitha, TRS MLC https://t.co/xdP34IwkKa pic.twitter.com/F5PSfCjEnT
— ANI (@ANI) December 6, 2020
Congress decides to support Bharat bandh
Speaking at a press conference, party spokesperson Pawan Khera said, “Congress party has decided to support the Bharat bandh on December 8. We will be demonstrating the same at our party offices. It will be a step towards strengthening Rahul Gandhi’s support to the farmers. We will ensure that the demonstration is successful.”
What we are seeing today is he result of a conspiracy between the govt & its corporate friends, where the victim would be the farmers, and the farmers knows this.: Shri @Pawankhera pic.twitter.com/eWtO0oPH62
— Congress (@INCIndia) December 6, 2020
AAP to support Bharat Bandh
Delhi Minister Gopal Rai on Sunday announced that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to support the farmers-led Bharat Bandh slated to take place on December 8. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged his party officials and workers to support the bandh.
“Aam Aadmi Party’s convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Ji has urged party officials and workers to support farmers-led Bharat Bandh on December 8. Ours is an agrarian country, I would also urge the people to show their support as well,” Gopal Rai tweeted.
8 दिसंबर को किसानों द्वारा किए गए भारत बंद के आह्वान का आम आदमी पार्टी पूरी तरह से समर्थन करती है। देश भर में आम आदमी पार्टी के कार्यकर्ता शांतिपूर्ण तरीक़े से इसका समर्थन करेंगे। सभी देशवासियों से अपील है की सब लोग किसानो का साथ दें और इसमें हिस्सा लें https://t.co/xNseuxjtFO
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) December 6, 2020
The parties, including Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc, also extended their solidarity with the ongoing agitation by farmers. The Left parties condemned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for its “malicious campaign on preposterous charges” against the farmers, who it said are struggling to safeguard Indian agriculture and the country’s food security. They also supported their demand to scrap the three farm laws and demanded the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, be also scrapped.