Earlier on saturday, the Congress had asked the prime minister not to test the patience of farmers.
“Pick your pen, apologise to ‘anndata’ and annul the black laws immediately,” celebration spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted with the hashtag of ‘8 December Bharat Bandh’.
The ruling TMC in West Bengal mentioned it has decided to extend its “moral support” to the December 8 nationwide strike and would stage sit-ins in different regions for 3 days.
TMC MP Sudip Bandopadhyay mentioned his celebration, for the duration of its protest programmes in Bengal, would seek instant withdrawal of the farm laws and that the new bills be sent to the standing committee or pick committee of Parliament right after due deliberations with all stakeholders.
“Our leader CM Mamata Banerjee has pledged wholehearted support to the movement of farmers. We demand immediate withdrawal of the farm laws,” he mentioned in Kolkata.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc produced the announcement in a joint statement.
“The Left parties extend their solidarity with and support to the ongoing massive agitation by Kisan organisations from all over the country against the new Agri laws. The Left parties extend their support to the call given by them for a Bharat Bandh on December 8,” the statement mentioned.
DMK president M K Stalin and senior celebration leaders held protests in diverse components of Tamil Nadu in assistance of the agitating farmers and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold talks with them.
Stalin, Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly, led a demonstration in Salem.
The DMK chief questioned the “haste’ in passing the laws during the COVID-19 pandemic and asked if the legislation had provisions for waiver of farm loans, fertiliser subsidy and minimum employment guarantee for farm labourers.
“None of these. That is why the farmers are opposing these and so are we,” he said.
“Protests need to continue till the 3 legislations are withdrawn. The prime minister need to invite the farmers and hold talks with them,” he added.
The BJP should immediately convene Parliament and repeal the laws.”Till then, the DMK will stand by this protest,” Stalin said.
In Patna, opposition parties led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav were allowed to hold a brief protest against new farm laws at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Gandhi Maidan, where they pledged to support the agitating farmers.
“I am standing with the Anndata (providers of meals) in their fight against the Dhandata (individuals who personal wealth).
“Is it a crime to raise voice in support of farmers demanding provision for Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the newly enacted laws. If it is a crime, then we will commit such crime every time,” Tejashwi mentioned in a tweet.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist Liberation) mentioned it had organised “road blockades” across Bihar for the duration of the day to protest against the farm laws, its state Secretary Kunal mentioned.
The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress staged a protest in Jammu.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union activists held demonstrations at several areas in Haryana and burned the effigies of the Union government.
Trade unions, sportspersons extend assistance
The joint forum of trade unions that has supported the farmers’ stir incorporates Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC) and Trade Union Co-ordination Centre (TUCC).