West Bengal Assembly Election | Farmer leader, civil rights activists campaign against BJP

Secular and pro-farmer votes should not be divided in West Bengal, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader and civil rights activist, who has been campaigning in the state for the last three days, said on Sunday. Rakesh Tikait of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and social activist Medha Patkar campaigned in Nandigram, Singur and Kolkata and urged people not to vote for BJP.

“In Delhi, the government is not talking to us. In Bengal, the same people are going door to door seeking votes. What we are telling the people and the farmers is that the BJP leaders should ask for the withdrawal of three bills and bring a law guaranteeing the minimum support price, “Rajesh Tikait, who staged protests in Nandigram and Kolkata, he said Hindu. Referring to the BJP farmers’ outreach program, where party leaders are visiting farm houses and collecting handfuls of grain, Mr. Tikait said: “Minimum support for those who are collecting food grains Must ensure value. “

Speaking on the same lines, social activist Medha Patkar who was in Singur on Sunday and Nandigram on Saturday, said there is a glorious history of people’s movement against corporates in both these places.

“In Singur and Nandigram, people were opposing the corporate interest and struggling to protect their land. Subsequently, all secular parties joined the movement against land acquisition, ”said Ms. Patkar, who addressed the Kisan Mahapanchayat in Singur on Sunday. He said that even the Left parties, whose governments had pressed forcible land acquisition, supported the law against forcible land acquisition. He worked a parallel between the struggles in Singur and Nandigram and the peasant protests in Delhi.

Both Ms. Patkar and Mr. Tikait said that the purpose of their campaign is to prevent people from voting for the BJP. Mr. Tikait said that if people vote for “Mamta ji and Left or Congress”, the Morcha has no objection. Interestingly, the Left parties, especially those who are constituents of the Left Front, have distanced themselves from the movement.