[Marxistindia] Stop Repression; Concede Legitimate Demands of Rajasthan Kisans

[news from the cpi(m)]

February 22, 2018

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns
the repression let loose by the Vasundhara Raje-led Government in Rajasthan
against protesting kisans. Hundreds of kisan leaders and activists belonging
to the All India Kisan Sabha have been arrested and false cases foisted
against them. The arrested include Amra Ram, member of the Central Committee
of the CPI(M) and former MLAs Pema Ram and Pavan Duggal. 

 

They were arrested while marching towards the state capital Jaipur. The
kisan leaders were protesting against the reneging by the BJP government on
the assurances that it had given after their struggle in September 2017 for
loan waiver, remunerative prices etc.

 

Bulldozing even the minimum democratic right to protest, the Raje Government
has once again revealed its authoritarian character by using the police
against the kisan movement and arresting the leaders. This shows the
desperation of a Government that is increasingly getting isolated from the
people.

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands the immediate release of all those
arrested, withdrawal of false cases and acceptance of the legitimate demands
of the Kisan Sabha.

 

 

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