In the poll-bound West Bengal, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, which represents at least 40 farmers’ unions, will be holding five back-to-back mahapanchayats. This would be to highlight the pro-corporate agenda of the three central farm-laws.

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The trouble which has been haunting BJP at the Delhi-borders will now tighten its grip around the saffron camp across the poll-bound states. The rallies will be held in coordination with West Bengal Kisan Coordination Committee in Kolkata, Nandigram, Singur & Asansol.

Rakesh Tikait, the leader of BKU, and Yudhvir Singh, BKU-general secretary would lead the mahapanchayat in Kolkata on March13. Other leaders of SKM like Balbir Singh Rajewal, Gurnam Singh Chaduni, Darshan Pal, Manjit Singh, Himanshu Tiwari, Avik Saha & Yogendra Yadav would also be taking part in the mahapanchayats.

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Yudhvir Singh stated, “Farmers in West Bengal are also facing several problems. Their issues should find a way into the manifestos of the political parties who want to come to power. Farmers in that state also are not getting appropriate prices for their crops, while those involved in fisheries are also facing problems.”

He added in the context of the farmers’ protests against the new farm-laws (being termed as black laws), “We will update farmers about the pro-corporate agenda of the BJP behind introducing the three farm-laws and will urge to vote for candidates of other parties.”

The upcoming rallies by the farmer-leaders are definitely bound to cripple the chances of BJP in the state election in West Bengal.