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CPM, ryots stage protest
A day after the three Farm Bills that allegedly affects farmers livelihood was passed in the Rajya Sabha, members of Tamil Nadu Vivasaigal Sangam and CPM tried to take out a protest march to the Secretariat demanding the repeal of the Bills immediately.
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Raising slogans against the Centre and asking Chief Minister K Palaniswami to resign for supporting the Bills, the party members tried to march towards the Secretariat from Parrys corner area as part of the “besiege” Fort St George protest. There was a brief scuffle when police tried to stop the members of the farmers association and CPM cadres, who then resorted to road roko for a while before being removed.
Speaking to reporters, CITU affiliated Tamil Nadu Farmers Association’s general secretary P Shanmugam demanded that Chief Minister resign and tender an apology to farmers. There would be no food security for the people and corporates could seriously affect the farm sector if these new laws were implemented, he alleged. “In these bills that have been passed, there is no mention of minimum support price or procurement by the government. If the government does not buy, there will be no public distribution system outlets in the country and if there are no PDS shops, the poor and ordinary people will not get food grains grains at reduced prices,” Shanmugham, also a state secretariat member of the CPM, said.
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