The Congress on the occasion of the 36th death anniversary of India’s first woman PM Indira Gandhi and birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is observing Kisan Adhikar Diwas. They are holding a protest from 10 am to 4 pm as a protest against Centre’s contentious farm laws.
“During the ‘satyagraha’, party leaders will highlight the special contribution of independent India’s first Union Home Minister Sardar Patel to the farmers’ cause and their rights, particularly in the context of Bardoli farmers movement and how the Modi government is blatantly attacking what the Sardar fought for, as also undoing the ‘Green Revolution’ ushered in by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi that made India self-sufficient in food,” AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal said.
It is known that Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh sounded a clarion call to all state MLAs to accompany him to the Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Kovind for his assent towards the bill moved in Punjab Assembly against the farm laws.
