10k participated in Ranchi farm protest: Cong

Ranchi: The state unit of the Congress staged a dharna at the Morhabadi ground here and organised a march to the Raj Bhawan on Friday as part of its Kisan Adhikar Diwas programme.

Congress Jharkhand in-charge RPN Singh, state party president Rameshwar Oraon and ministers Alamgir Alam, Badal Patralekh and Banna Gupta were among the leaders present at the dharna.

Speaking on the occasion, Singh said 70% of the farmers were against the new

farm

laws and the Centre has turned a deaf ear to their demands.

He said, “I want to convey to the farmers that the mahagathbandhan waived off their loans when voted to power in the state. However, the BJP which came to power at the Centre riding on their votes is not listening to them.”

Oraon said the Union government should accept the demand of the agitating farmers if it wanted to resolve the impasse. He added that the Supreme Court has stayed the laws but his party wants the laws to be annulled.

Health minister Banna Gupta said the farm laws would benefit the traders instead of the farmers.

State Congress spokesman Rajesh Gupta said around 10,000 people participated in Friday’s agitation. Meanwhile, the Congress also conducted a social media campaign called ‘Speak Up For The Kisan Adhikar’. Several Congress leaders, including Rameshwar Oraon, Alamgir Alam, Badal Patralekh, Banna Gupta and Alok Kumar Dubey, uploaded videos as part of the campaign in support of the farmers’ agitation.