Modi regime steps up repression of farmers opposing its pro-agribusiness laws
“There were several layers of security,” noted an
Indian Express report: “two heavy layers of metal barricading (along with spools of razor wire); a layer of large stone boulders; followed by a layer of (more than 2,000) nails (embedded on the road) and a layer of concrete barricades. A few meters ahead of that was another layer of stone boulders, followed by yet another layer of concrete barricades after a few meters.”
Anyone thinking that this was a description of a war zone would be badly mistaken. The report describes just one element in the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s mounting campaign of repression against farmers who are encamped on the borders of India’s capital, Delhi, as part of a protest against its pro-agribusiness farm laws.
Farm protest Feb 5: Congress announces support to chakka jam called by farmers on February 6 | Hig
20:38 PM IST: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a tweet, said Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has given detailed information about every aspect related to agricultural reform laws in Rajya Sabha. PM Modi requested people to to listen to Narendra Singh Tomar s RS speech. @nstomar https://t.co/OUFrW7BfKo Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 5, 2021
18:36 PM IST: Congress party has announced that it will support the chakka jam which has been called by the farmers on February 6 in protest against Centre s farm laws.
Congress has issued directions to all state units to participate in the chakka jam.
Werenât allowed to meet farmers at Ghazipur border, Opposition MPs write to Lok Sabha Speaker
âThe impression we got at the Delhi Ghazipur border is like the border between India and Pakistan. The condition of farmers resemble that of prisoners in jail,â they said in the letter.
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MPs from 10 Opposition parties on Thursday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla saying that the situation at Ghazipur border was like that of India-Pakistan border and condition of farmers resembles prisoners in jail.
Fifteen MPs from these parties including SAD, DMK, NCP and Trinamool Congress were stopped by police from meeting the protesting farmers at Ghazipur border in the morning.
NEW DELHI: MPs from 10 Opposition parties on Thursday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla saying that the situation at Ghazipur border was like that of India-Pakistan border and condition of farmers resembles prisoners in jail.
Fifteen MPs from these parties including SAD, DMK, NCP and Trinamool Congress were stopped by police from meeting the protesting farmers at Ghazipur border in the morning.
According to SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal who coordinated the visit, the leaders were not allowed to cross the barricades and reach the protest site.
.@Akali Dal joins hands with like minded parties & MPs who are visiting #ghazipurborder to condemn atrocities bein… https://t.co/xx257GF3sB Harsimrat Kaur Badal (@HarsimratBadal ) 1612417097000