Ranchi: JMM on Friday said it will hit the national highways in the state to support Saturday’s three-hour nation-wide ‘chakka jam’ call by pro-farmer groups demanding rollback of the farm laws. The party also pledged to rally strongly behind all future protests and demonstrations.
Addressing the media, the party’s general secretary, Supriyo Bhattacharya, said, “We had vehemently opposed the farm bills which were brought in through an ordinance last year and passed in Parliament. On Saturday, our leaders and party workers will stand shoulder to shoulder with the farmers when they carry out their ‘chakka jam’ on the national highways.”
RANCHI: Various trade unions, farmers’ organisations and political parties, including CPM, on Sunday beat utensils, drums and clapped in Albert Ekka Chowk here in protest against the Centre’s farm laws and a symbolic gesture to prevent people from listening to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
Besides political parties and other organisations, several artistes, including painters, recited poems and drew sketches, in support of the farmers agitating near the Delhi border.
Organisations like Kisan Sabha, All India Trade Union Congress, All India Students Federation and All India Students’ Association also took part in the protest.
CPM state secretariat member Prakash Viplav said, “We shouted slogans like ‘had enough of Mann Ki Baat, now we want kaam ki baat’.”