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Thousands of farm workers, landless labourers being mobilised for protests by BKU

  •   Fri, Jan 08 2021 09:00:55 AM

By Sukant Deepak

New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS): With a view to mobilise farm workers and contract labourers to proceed to the protest site at the Tikri border, the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) has decided to undertake a massive drive across villages near Moga, Mansa, Sangrur, Jalandhar and Patiala.

BKU (Ugrahan) members have been actively taking meetings in these villages. Speaking to IANS, Amolak Singh, the state President of Punjab Lok Sabhayarak Manch, who is overseeing the drive, said that 2,000 farmworkers had already left for the massive tractor rally, and more are being mobilised.

Stressing that it is important for the union to involve farmworkers in the protests as landowners and farmers had become the ‘face' of the agitation, he said, "It is a misconception that the new laws will affect only the farmers. Their ramifications will be felt by everybody connected to agriculture."

Singh feels that the move is also important in order to ensure that the landowning class does not see the farm workers as the ‘other' once the agitation is over. "A village has very peculiar class dynamics. Besides other things, the unions must also ensure that no one feels superior -- in this case, landowners should not assume that their role in opposing the new laws has been more than the farm workers and the landless labourers."

Interestingly, besides traditional ways of mobilising workers, social media is being extensively used to exhort farm workers to join the agitation. "We all are aware about the extremely high penetration of smartphones, even in the rural sector. Small videos for those who cannot read and posters etc. are being sent by our social media teams, not just to farm workers but also the general population in villages to join the agitators," says another union member.

Singh added that the small traders in the villages are also being "educated" about the effects of the new laws.

"The village economy is very fragile and highly interdependent. A trader is much dependent on the farmer and vice versa. As a union, we feel that it is important that everyone is acquainted about this fact and encouraged to oppose the new laws," Singh said.

 
  

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Fri, Jan 08 2021

    It is clear to the people of our country that these three farm bills was a dubious case of match fixing by Modi and Amit Shah for their crony capitalists friends like Ambani and Adani. The elaborate advance preparations , go downs, super markets, land acquisitions and other arrangements by industrialists Abmani and Adani are already in the public domain. These crony capitalists will then dominate the agriculture sector and render the farmers vulnerable and vanquished.

    The BJP Govt has made a mockery of Parlimentary Democracy by passing these Farm Bills without any discussion in the house or taken any of the stake holders into confidence. They finally passed it in the Rajya Sabha in a most deceitful manner through a voice vote just to please their Crony Capitalist friends at the expense of the Farmers.

    A Suit Boot Ki Sarkar that is totally insensitive, Callous, Indifferent, Arrogant and Autocratic that cares two hoots for the lower sections of our society including farmers. "Since Independence, it is for the first time that an arrogant government has come to power. It is not even looking at the pain and sufferings of farmers, forget about the common man,"
    If Agriculture is a State subject the why has the center passed Bills on Farm Laws on Agriculture.
    the BJP government is under pressure to fill the bags of their billionaire friends. Come, support the farmers.". 'Kale Kanoon Hatao- Kisan Bachao'.

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  • Kishore Kumar, Mangaluru

    Fri, Jan 08 2021

    .. it is clear that only in few states like Punjab, Haryana and surrounding areas protests are more perpetrated by the middle-man gangs. When the loot done by the middle man and rich farmers are stopped, such allegations will automatically arise !!!

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