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Social workers show solidarity with farmer protests
Updated On: 03 December, 2020 07:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
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Farmers protesting at Narela in New Delhi
In a virtual conference on Wednesday, several organisation representatives mouthed solidarity with agitating farmers, calling on all sections of society to add their voices to the ongoing protests in the capital. The overarching sentiment was that the farmers were in Delhi but the struggle is pan-India and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came under heavy verbal artillery attack from the speakers.
The conference began with moderator Dinesh Abrol, from Nation for Farmers stating that it was vital to voice support for the current protests. The first speaker P Sainath, of the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), reminded those at the conference that just before this, "there was a huge coalition of trade workers and organisations which agitated, which was poorly reported by the media. The trade unions and workers endorsed the farmers’ demands. It is time for society to stand up and be counted. There is enormous condescension about how these uneducated farmers do not understand anything and the government must talk to them. I have read many editorials where the media is talking about these good laws and why they should be implemented," said Sainath, roasting the press.
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