Farm Bills draconian, anti-farmer & anti-Indian: Full Press Conference by Civil Society
Channel: Satyen K. Bordoloi
Date: 2020-12-02

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The pro-business and anti-farmer legislations passed undemocratically by the Indian Parliament in September 2020 have led to mass peaceful protests by hundreds of farmers’ movements across the country.

A number of mass organisations, civil society groups and academics called a press conference in support of the farmer’s demands for the repeal of the two new farm laws and the reversal of amendments to the Essential Commodities Act. The groups condemned the brutal repression of the peaceful struggle and sought the immediate withdrawal of all cases imposed on farmers and leaders of the farmer’s organisations. 

The Press  Conference in solidarity with the ongoing farmer's movement was held on 2 December 2020 (Wednesday) via zoom.

The speakers included: 
• P Sainath – People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI)
• MG Devasahayam - Former Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana
• Mariam Dhawale – All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA)
• Praveen Jha – Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
• Shalmali Guttal – Focus on the Global South 
• Annie Raja – National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW)
• R Ramakumar – Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
• Kavita Krishnan - All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA)
• K. Ashok Rao -  Delhi Science Forum

Moderator – Dinesh Abrol (Nation for Farmers)

Video courtesy the organisers.