Dated 05th December, 2020
To
The News Editor
For favour of publication in your
esteemed Daily / Electronic Media
PRESS STATEMENT SUPPORTING PEASANTS
STRUGGLE
The Peasants are the sections of our society that work day
and night to feed the entire population of the country. They are always
subjugated by nature’s fury; money lender’s usury; vagary of markets; and
successive government’s policies at the State and Centre. Despite being the
largest chunk of population that determines the formation of governments at all
levels, the Peasantry as a class is always at the receiving end of troubles.
The suicides of peasantry have reached a crescendo but the Ruling Classes are
not in a mood to extend any helping hand to them except some eye wash measures
now and then. In this circumstance, the three latest laws enacted by the
Central Government are feared to throw the peasantry at the mercy of the
Corporate Houses. There are many loop holes in the laws including failure to fix
any minimum support price (MSP) to the produce of the peasants.
The peasantry normally a class of calm blamer of the fortunes
for their sufferings has been roused by the latest laws to protect their
interests. A never heard march had been undertaken by the peasantry by
thousands and thousands of peasants towards the national capital New Delhi.
Braving many obstacles including the police suppression on the way of peaceful
‘March’ to New Delhi, the peasantry from some northern Indian States have
gathered in the Capital and continue with their Dharna agitation. They are
demanding repeal of all three laws by the Government. They argue that is the
only guarantee that they will be saved from the yolk of Corporates. The
peasantry from different other states are supporting the struggle even though
they could not undertake a long travel at the time of COVID-19.
The Central Government in its vested interest to enact the
laws failed to provide for a democratic discussion with the cross sections of
society as well as a meaningful debate in both the floors of the Parliament.
Taking advantage of ‘Corona’ the Government along with enacting several
anti-labour and anti-people laws included these three laws of peasantry. The
behaviour of the Government that had hurriedly enacted these laws usurping the
powers of the State that placed the ‘Agriculture’ in the concomitant list of
powers between the Centre and States is the main reason for the revolt of the
Peasantry.
The five or six rounds of talks between the Central Government
and the struggling representatives of the Peasantry have reportedly failed. The
Peasant Organizations have called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on 8.12.2020 and the
call has been supported by a spectrum of political parties and various
organizations from different fields. The All India Postal & RMS Pensioners
Association also joins the supporting team of peasantry and calls upon its own
membership to extend full support to the Peasants Struggle and their just
demands. It urges the Central Government to heed to the demand of the
struggling peasantry and repeal the controversial laws and commence meaningful
discussions before taking up the question of enactment of law on this issue.
The AIPRPA also expresses its full support to the Bharat Bandh Call on 8th
December, 2020 as the life of the peasant is basic and vital to the pensioners
also.
K.Ragavendran
General Secretary
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