A group of farmers, affiliated to Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, petitioned the Collector here on Monday demanding proper compensation for farmers whose matured paddy crop was damaged in the recent ra
‘Protests against farm laws will continue’
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The All India Farmers’ Protest Coordination Committee (AIFPCC), Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday declared that protests against the three new farm laws would continue until they were repealed.
Disclosing this to reporters here, P. Shanmugam State general secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to CPI(M), and K. Balakrishnan, State Coordinator, AIFPCC, Tamil Nadu, jointly said the Centre’s strategy of explaning the farm laws in order to dilute the resoluteness of agitating farmers near New Delhi would not work.
The protesters were firm in their demand and would not yield to such tactics during their scheduled meeting with the Centre on December 30. The AIFPCC had decided to organise agitations throughout the country if the talks failed, they said.
Also affected are the local tribal communities, who depend on these resorts for livelihood.
So how did the Masinagudi area get embroiled in a protracted court case, and what is the elephant in the room the locals claim the “foreign NGOs” have missed?
The court battle
The October Supreme Court judgment came on 32 appeals filed by resorts and private land owners, including actor Mithun Chakraborty, under the banner of Hospitality Association of Mudumalai, against a Madras High Court verdict of 2011. The High Court had upheld a Tamil Nadu government order notifying the elephant corridor in the area that included Masinagudi.
Fishermen, Left party cadres stage demo in support of farmers
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Paying homage to the farmers who had died at the protest now under way in New Delhi against the farmers’ laws, a large gathering of fishermen assembled before the church here in Kanniyakumari district and also took a silent procession in which many leaders from the Churches participated on Sunday.
According to the fishermen association leaders, the Centre should respect the farmers and not be adamant in its attitude.
After all, the laws are for the people. If the people protested and demanded withdrawal, the governments had the obligation to do so. Even after the demise of farmers, the government’s attitude to remain silent and not repeal the laws only showed that they were ‘anti-people’ and ‘pro-corporate houses.’
Unruly scenes in Dindigul as police try to break up farmers’ protest
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Various parties come together to condemn Centre’s attitude
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Various parties come together to condemn Centre’s attitude
The farmers’ announcement to stage a wait-in protest near the Collectorate campus here on Monday witnessed some unruly scenes, wordy altercations and forced removal of cadres by police personnel.
Led by various farmer organisations affiliated to different associations, major opposition parties and members from AIDWA and CITU joined together to condemn the Central government for its ‘adamant’ attitude in not resolving the farmers’ strike in New Delhi. Farmers have been protesting in Delhi for over a fortnight demanding the Union Government to withdraw the Farm Act passed recently in the Parliament.