Yavatmal: The Shetkari Warkari Sanghatana on Wednesday taken out a bullock cart rally from the historic Azad Maidan to
Yavatmal collector’s office to protest the three recently passed agriculture laws.
The rally was led by district president Sikander Shah. Senior Congress leader and former minister
Shivajirao Moghe, Sanghatana president Sikander Shah, farm activists Ashok Bhutada, Balu Chavan and others addressed the gathering at LIC Square.
Moghe said the BJP-led NDA government has put farmers at the mercy of multinational companies. “It is nothing less than the British Raj era East India Company which looted farmers,” he said while demanding revocation of the laws detrimental to interest of farmers.
Shah said the government passed the bills without even any discussion in the Parliament and demanded for its immediate withdrawal. He also warned of intensifying the agitation if the bills are not withdrawn.
Ashok Bhutada and Balu Chavan said MSP has also been scrapped and big corporate companies are now free to fix the market rates of agricultural products.
A delegation led by Shah submitted a memorandum of demands to the collector.
