[Marxistindia] Major Opposition Parties Extend Support to Protest Day by Kisans

[news from the cpi(m)]

May 23, 2021


Joint Statement by 12 Major Opposition Parties


We extend our support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha  
(SKM) to observe a countrywide protest day on May 26 marking the  
completion of six months of the heroic peaceful Kisan struggle.

On May 12, 2021 we had jointly written to Prime Minister Modi saying  
the following:

“Repeal farm laws to protect lakhs of our annadatas becoming victims  
of the pandemic so that they can continue to produce food to feed the  
Indian people”.

We demand the immediate repeal of the farm laws and the legal  
entitlement to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of C2+50 per cent as  
recommended by the Swaminathan Commission.

The Central Government must stop being obdurate and immediately resume  
talks with the SKM on these lines.


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Sonia Gandhi (INC)
HD Deve Gowda (JD-S)
Sharad Pawar (NCP)
Mamata Banerjee (TMC)
Uddhav Thackeray (SS)
MK Stalin (DMK)
Hemant Soren (JMM)
Farooq Abdullah (JKPA)
Akhilesh Yadav (SP)
Tejaswi Yadav (RJD)
D Raja (CPI)
Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M)