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Standing shoulder to shoulder with farmers: Kisan Congress VP
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IANS | 19 Jan, 2021
With the farmers agitation continuing for the 54th day and the crucial
10th round of talks of the farmers with the government scheduled on
Tuesday, Kisan Congress Vice President Surendra Solanki on Monday said
that the downfall of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government will start
from this farmers agitation, as it is the first protest in 73 years of
Independent India which has gone strong even during the Covid pandemic.
The
Kisan Congress has been standing shoulder to shoulder with farmers by
lending their hand for providing food and other materials to the farmers
at several borders of the national capital, where the farmers have been
agitating since November 26 last year demanding repealing of the three
farm laws.
In an interview to IANS, Solanki alleged the motives
of the government are not good, as it has already made up its mind "not
to repeal" the three farm laws.
He said, "Somewhere the
government is under pressure from its capitalist friends. And for the
first time in the history of Independent India in last 73 years, such a
huge number of farmers has been sitting on protest in this chilling
winter and in this pandemic era."
He said that the motives of
the BJP are questionable as on number of occasions government has
clearly said it will not repeal the farm laws.
"So once you are not in mood to listen to farmers then from where a solution can be expected?" he quipped.
To
a question about the farmer leaders being called for questioning by the
National Investigation Agency (NIA) and many leaders describing the
farmers as Khalistani, Solanki, who hails from Haryana, said, "There is a
famous saying in Hindi 'Vinash kale viprit Buddhi', the brain of the
government has stopped functioning in right direction."
"They
need to understand the fact that even during the nationwide lockdown,
the farmers kept on supporting the GDP of the country," he said, adding
that even the sons of the farmers are part of the armed forces fighting
for the country on borders.
Slamming BJP's leaders, Solanki said:
"Who are BJP leaders to distribute the certificate of nationalism to
farmers? This is unfortunate and condemnable. Their decline has started
now with the farmers agitation."
When pointed out that the
farmers were not allowed to enter the national capital, he said that it
shows that they are not willing to "find a solution".
"If the
government had reports that the condition can deteriorate then they
should have found a solution immediately instead of delaying it for more
than 54 days. Why they have taken such long time? There are number of
examples when the Supreme Court has held hearings and the government has
taken decisions at midnight," the Kisan Congress leader said.
Hitting
out at the BJP government, he said that after coming to power in 2014
the government has started to distribute the certificate of fake
nationalism.
"They need to tell the country about their
contribution in the Independence movement and why the tricolour is not
hoisted at the RSS headquarters at Nagpur," Solanki said.
To a
question that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi hitting the streets in
the favour of farmers on Friday, almost after a delay of 52 days and
many of the Congres leaders missing on the front, the Kisan Congress
leader said, "Rahul Gandhi has led from the front on the farmers issue
and he has won the trust of farmers."
He said that Rahul Gandhi
has taken a stand for ther farmers in Uttar Pradesh, when then Chief
Minister Mayawati decided to acquire the land of farmers in Bhatta
Parsaul.
He highlighted that it was the Congress-led UPA govt
that brought in the Land Acquisition Bill. "And after the Modi
government came to power and it brought changes in the land acquisition
bill, Rahul Gandhi opposed it in Parliament and fought it fearlessly and
all of use got inspiration from him," he said.
Talking about the
role of the Kisan Congress against the three farm laws, Solanki said:
"We were the first to oppose the ordinances when they were brought last
year during the Covid pandemic. I even went to President Ram Nath Kovind
and also staged a protest outside Union Agriculture Minister Narendra
Singh Tomar's residence during the nationwide lockdown amid the Covid
pandemic to oppose the farm ordinances."
Solanki also said that
before participating in the protest in the national capital last Friday,
Rahul Gandhi had held talks with farmers across the country virtually
three months ago. "Rahul Gandhi also spoke to the traders in different
mandis across the country to understand their grievances," he said.
"Rahul Gandhi has also made it clear that if the government does not
repeal these three farm laws, if voted to power, the Congress will
repeal these laws," he said
He also said that the Kisan Congress
was the first organisation to demand compensation of Rs one crore to the
families of the farmers who died during the protest and a government
job to their kin.
Asked about the farmers' planned tractor parade
on Republic Day, Solanki said, "We are extending all supoort to the
farmers for their planned Republic Day tractor parade. I am a farmer
first. And I am associated with the party later."
He also said
that now the farmers agitation fight is about self-esteem for farmers
and farmers have decided not to return home until the three farm laws
are repealed.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Harayana and
western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the three farm laws
at several borders of ther national capital and over 60 farmers have
died. The farmers are demanding the repeal of the three farm laws.
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