Actor Prakash Raj with farmer leaders at Press Club in Bengaluru on Monday.
After 727 farmers were martyred during a historic 14-month-long struggle, the govt eventually apologised and accepted all our demands,” they said in a statement.
Badagalapura Nagendra, president, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), criticised the “suppression” of peaceful protests in Delhi. they said, the Centre is completely ignoring the issue and causing ruin to farmers While the state govt is making at least some effort to respond. “Today, the central govt has transformed into not just anti-farmer, but anti-democracy as a whole,” they said. The demonstrations will continue until all their demands are met, they said.
The event was also attended by actor and activist Prakash Raj and various leaders of Dalit organisations. “We all remember how it brought three farm laws to nurture Adani and Ambani. The farmer groups also claimed that the Centre is the primary reason behind the sugarcane crisis in northern Karnataka. Along with SIR, the groups also demanded that Jantar Mantar should remain a site for public struggle and all cases against the young protesters must be withdrawn.