Delhi Cong protests near BJP office against new farm laws

 Delhi Congress leaders and workers on Tuesday staged a protest near the BJP headquarters here, demanding the repeal of the Centre’s new farm laws.

Some of the protesters who tried to cross the barricades before the BJP headquarters at DDU Marg were detained by the police.

Leading the protesters, Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar said if the farm laws are implemented in the present form, the agricultural sector in the country will be controlled by big corporates.

"The anti-farmer Acts--the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020--will crush the farm sector across the country and hurt farmers interests," he said.

The protesters, including former Union minister Krishna Tirath, DPCC vice presidents Jai Kishan, Abhishek Dutt, Mudit Aggarwal, Shivani Chopra, and Ali Mehndi, Mahila Congress president Amrita Dhawan, former MLAs Rajesh Lilothia, Matin Ahmed, Vijay Lochav and others, held placards denouncing the Modi government.

The Delhi Congress chief said his party firmly supports the farmer's protest against the new agri-marketing laws.

He alleged that these laws will hand over the farm sector to the corporates on a platter, who will then decide the purchase and selling prices of farm produce with an eye on their own profit margins instead of protecting the interest of farmers and consumers.

(IMAGE CREDITS: Twitter/@DelhiPMC)