Mamata assures help to farmers’ stir, says ‘bulldozing states not good for federal structure’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday assured her full help to the farmers’ motion in opposition to the contentious agriculture legal guidelines, at a gathering with farmer leaders Rakesh Tikait and Yudhvir Singh.
Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Tikait and Singh had met the TMC chief to debate points associated to agriculture and native farmers.
Thousands of farmers, principally from Punjab and Haryana, have been tenting on the borders of the nationwide capital for the previous six months in protest in opposition to the legal guidelines that have been handed by Parliament in September final 12 months.

After the assembly, Banerjee introduced that her “support for the farmers’ movement will be there” and in an apparent jibe on the Centre, mentioned that “India is hungrily waiting for policies which will help in fighting Covid-19, assist farmers and industry.”
Tikait, in the meantime, thanked CM Banerjee for her help and added that Bengal ought to work as a mannequin state the place farmers are given extra advantages.

The TMC chief mentioned that there needs to be a platform the place states might converse on coverage points. “Bulldozing states is not good for the federal structure,” she mentioned.
Ahead of the meeting elections, Tikait had visited West Bengal urging folks to not vote for the BJP. He had addressed gatherings of farmers in Kolkata and at Nandigram in East Midnapore district together with social activist Medha Patkar.
Lashing out on the Centre, CM Banerjee mentioned the BJP authorities didn’t trouble to talk to the farmers until now. Referring to the breakdown in communication between the Centre and the farmers, the Chief Minister rhetorically requested, “…why is it so difficult to talk to the farmers?”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with farmer chief Rakesh Tikait, Yashwant Sinha and others at Nabanna. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)
She additional demanded the rapid withdrawal of the three farm legal guidelines.
Banerjee’s help for the north India-based farmers’ unions comes days after the TMC introduced that the occasion would unfold its footprints outdoors West Bengal’s geographical boundaries.

The protesting farmers speculate that the brand new legal guidelines will commercialise agriculture with out enough safety to small farmers from exploitation by massive retail chains and trade. However, the Central authorities has denied the allegations.
Further sharpening the assault on the Narendra Modi-led central authorities, Mamata mentioned, “The BJP rule has been disastrous for all sectors from healthcare to farmers to industry. India is suffering…we are facing both natural and political disasters.”

The CM additionally mentioned that the agriculturist leaders have requested her to speak to different state leaders on the farmers’ challenge and organise a dialogue with farmers unions. Further asserting that the farmers’ motion was not only for Punjab, Haryana or Uttar Pradesh however for the entire nation, Mamata mentioned it was crucial for states to come back collectively to debate coverage points and stand collectively in opposition to injustice.
With PTI inputs