IN the context of the on-going country-wide kisan movement for repealing Modi’s three agriculture bills, while an overwhelming majority of commentators have stood with the position taken by the kisans, a few, though not necessarily agreeing with Modi, have raised the question: why shouldn’t agriculture operate within a free market?

THE bandh call given on December 8, by over 500 kisan unions who are on agitation and then supported by over 24 political parties, was highly successful given by the participation of the people and the impact it had on the ground.

LEADERS of political parties – Congress, DMK, NCP, RJD, PAGD, SP, CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), AIFB, and RSP – in a statement issued on December 6, have extended their solidarity with the ongoing massive struggle by the Indian farmers organised by various kisan organisations from across the country and supported their call for a Bharat bandh on December 8 demanding the withdrawal of the retrograde agri-laws and the Electricity Amendment Bill.The new agri-Laws passed in the parliament in a brazen anti-democratic manner preventing a structured discussion and voting, threaten India’s food security, d

The Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc –  have issued the following statement on December 8.THE historic Bharat Bandh called by the united platform of kisan organisations has received an unprecedented response all over India in the face of the refusal of the central government to withdraw the anti-India, anti-farmer agri-laws.

A FIVE-member delegation comprising Rahul Gandhi (Indian National Congress), Sharad Pawar (Nationalist Congress party), Sitaram Yechury (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), D Raja (Communist Party of India) and TKS Elangovan (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) submitted a memorandum to the president of India, on December 9, on the ongoing struggle of the farmers.