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Will write to CMs of Opposition-ruled States to support cause of farmers, she says
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BKU spokesperson Rakesh Singh Tikait meets West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the State Secretariat, Nabanna, in Kolkata on June 9, 2021. Photo: West Bengal CMO via PTI
Will write to CMs of Opposition-ruled States to support cause of farmers, she says
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said her next political move would be to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power.
“I have only one thing to say: Modi has to be removed from power,” the Trinamool Congress chairperson said when asked by journalists what role she wants to play in national politics.
When Modi invokes Gandhi, he should also recall the Mahatma’s criticism of the sedition law
The current farmers protests, like the Dandi March, are a non-violent agitation against laws that are believe to be unjust. 6 hours ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of India’s independence in Ahmedabad on March 12. | Gujarat Information Department / AFP
On March 12, 1930, Mahatma Gandhi began his epoch-making Dandi March, walking 240 km in 24 days to demand that the colonial government should repeal the iniquitous salt law and to push for Indian independence.
Gandhi described the Dandi March as a battle of right against might. The larger objective of the march, he said, was to free the world of the monstrous greed of materialism.
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The Shaheed Bhagat Singh library is seen at Delhi s Tikri border, where protesting farmers have been camping for over 100 days
A small structure made of wood and sheets of tarpaulin sits in the middle of thousands of tractors and trolleys, stationed along the outskirts of New Delhi by protesting farmers.
The tent, which sits under a Delhi metro pillar, serves as the Shaheed Bhagat Singh public library and the headquarters of the