TRS dubs farm legislation as ‘Black Laws’, urges people to participate in Bharat Bandh

Interestingly, the TRS is the only ruling party in the entire country to have extended its support to the farmers' struggle.

Khammam: The ruling TRS geared up its entire party cadre to participate in the Bharat Bandh called for by farmers opposing the new agriculture laws by the Centre, on Tuesday. Ministers, MPs, MLAs, MLCs and other TRS leaders will stage rasta rokos on National Highways, expressing their solidarity with the farmers who are staging protests on the outskirts of New Delhi with the demand to repeal the laws.

Interestingly, the TRS is the only ruling party in the entire country to have extended its support to the farmers’ struggle.

TRS working president and Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao, along with Tourism Minister V Srinivas Goud, will participate in the rasta roko at Bugrula Gate in Farooq Nagar mandal near Shadnagar of Mahbubnagar district on Bengaluru National Highway.

Ahead of the Bharat Bandh, Rama Rao called upon the farming community in the State to support the bandh, and urged them to stage protests at all mandal headquarters to put pressure on the Centre to withdraw the farm laws.

“Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has given a call to the farmers in the State to oppose the farm laws passed by the BJP-led Central government recently as these are ‘Black Laws’ aimed at turning farmers into slaves of corporate forces,” he said. He noted that the farm laws would deprive farmers of their legitimate right of minimum support price.

Besides the TRS working president, several Ministers, legislators and other elected representatives will participate in the protests and also stage rasta rokos. While Finance Minister T Harish Rao and MLC K Kavitha will stage rasta rokos at Toopran and Tekriyal in the Yellareddy Assembly constituency, respectively, several other Ministers, including S Niranjan Reddy, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, G Jagadishwar Reddy, Errabelli Dayakar Rao, are also scheduled to participate in the protests in their respective districts. Several merchant associations, trade unions and non-political organisations have already extended their support for the bandh.

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