Tarigami leads protest in Jammu in support of agitating Indian farmers
Jammu: Senior leader of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami led a protest in Jammu city in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir in support of the Indian farmers who have hit the streets demanding among other things a law guaranteeing a Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their produce.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, who is also the president of IIOJK unit of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), said the protest was organized in support of the India-wide strike called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) along with other trade unions and federations.
Amid chants of anti-Modi government, pro-farmer and pro-worker slogans, the protesters assembled outside the Maharaja Hari Singh Park and held a peaceful protest. However, they were not allowed to take out a rally by policemen who were deployed in strength.
“After a long struggle last year, the farmers were successful in compelling the government to revoke three farm laws. The government had made several promises but failed to keep them, forcing the farmers to come on the streets once again,” Tarigami said.
Criticizing privatization of public sector and change of labour laws, he said, “The workers employed in industrial, public or private sector are suffering due to inflation and low wages. The government is behaving in a dictatorial way which should be ended as we are a democracy”.
