New Delhi: 12 opposition parties have extended their support to May 26 protest call given by farmer unions agitating against Centre\u2019s Agriculture Laws.<\/p>\n
The joint statement has been signed by Sonia Gandhi (Congress), H D Deve Gowda (JD-S), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Mamata Banerjee (TMC), Uddhav Thackeray (SS), M K Stalin (DMK), Hemant Soren (JMM), Farooq Abdullah (JKPA), Akhilesh Yadav (SP), Tejaswi Yadav (RJD), D Raja (CPI) and Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M).<\/p>\n
\u201cOn May 12, we had jointly written to Prime Minister Modi saying the following: Repeal farm laws to protect lakhs of our annadatas becoming victims of the pandemic so that they can continue to produce food to feed the Indian people\u201d.<\/p>\n
Read here:<\/p>\n
We extend our support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) to observe a countrywide protest day on May 26 marking the completion of six months of the heroic peaceful Kisan struggle.<\/p>\n
On May 12, 2021 we had jointly written to Prime Minister Modi saying the following:<\/p>\n
\u201cRepeal farm laws to protect lakhs of our annadatas becoming victims of the pandemic so that they can continue to produce food to feed the Indian people\u201d.<\/p>\n
We demand the immediate repeal of the farm laws and the legal entitlement to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of C2+50 per cent as recommended by the Swaminathan Commission.<\/p>\n
The Central Government must stop being obdurate and immediately resume talks with the SKM on these lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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