PANAJI
Leaders of the Opposition parties unitedly opposed the three controversial laws terming them as anti-farmer and pro-capitalists.
Leaders of Congress, Goa Forward, Aam Aadmi Party participated in the dharna held at Azad Maidan organized by All India Kisan Sabha, AITUC, and CITU given the nationwide Bharat Bandh.
GPCC President Girish Chodankar, Digamber Kamat, Goa Forward Leader Vijai Sardesai, John Nazareth and Durgadas Kamat, AITUC Christopher Fonseca, Suhas Naik, Raju Mangeshkar spoke on the occasion.
Sardesai said that the farmers protesting consistently against these laws have brought the opposition together and have awakened the collective conscience of the nation.
He said that the government cannot destroy good old laws adding that people don't have faith in lawmakers. He alleged that the ordinance has been passed at nights and the pandemic period has been used to force the law on the people.
Congress leader Digamber Kamat said the government is murdering democracy by imposing laws with the brut majority.
Girish Chodankar said that all over India around 250 farmers’ organisations are protesting for the last many months against the three controversial laws. He said that the laws are part of a well-thought agenda of the Modi government, BJP and RSS to crush farmers and farm labour. He said that with the new laws 86 per cent small farmers have become vulnerable who have less than 2 acres of land.
Chodanka= said that these laws will promote hoarding and will lead to a price rise of essential commodities.
Chodankar said that this is a plan to frustrate farmers to make them sell their land.
