Report from Karnataka
PROTEST AGAINST ANTI-PEASANT , ANTI-PEOPLE POLICIES
Karnataka Rajya Rythu Sangha ( KRRS ) affiliated to AIKMKS decided to take up programmes in protest against the anti-peasant and antipeople policies of BJP Govt . in Karnataka and at the Centre . It organized programmes in various districts and talukas . It carried on a wide campaign through leaflets . Even in the face of lock down restrictions the peasants took the MLAs and Ministers to task at several places whenever they came to villages as part of their programmes .
On June 2 , 2020 , 100 maskwearing peasants reached Bengaluru from different districts and took part in Dharna held at Mourya circle . Police sought to foil it by arresting the peasants alleging violation of the Covid restrictions . But the peasants refused to withdraw the dharna without presenting their Charter of demands to the Government . The police came down to allow a delegation to meet the CM Yediyurappa . A ten member delegation led by Sri . Narayana Swamy , the President and Sri . R . Madhava Reddy , the State Secretary of KRRS , went straight from the venue of dharna to the Chief Minister , met and explained to him the main demands of the peasants . Then , the dharna was called off with a warning to continue the protest if the problems are not solved .
KRRS participated in programmes in various districts as part of June 25 th All India Protest of various Peasant organizations . The peasants from Bellari , Siriguppa , Chikballapur and other places have widely participated in this protest . DEMANDS :
1 . Oppose Centre ’ s intervention ( amending the law ) in the rights of the States in the electricity sector ;
2 . Oppose the Governor ’ s consent to APMC favouring the capitalists ;
3 . Oppose the removal of the condition which stipulated that the peasants in the jurisdiction of Land Reforms Act alone can purchase the agricultural lands . This decision benefits the rich classes and harms the peasants .
4 . Oppose the denial of peasants ’ right to raise the seed crops .
KRRS and Chaganuru Sirivara Karnataka land Protection Struggle Samithi took out a funeral jatha on Sept 25 th , 2020 in Bellary demanding the Indian President not to give his assent to the anti-farmer bills passed by the Parliament . The people from various villages
In Memory of Comrade Babulal Biswakarma
together with peasant women have participated in it . The anti-farmer bills in the farm of dead bodies were carried from Narayana Rao Park to Chennappa circle . The people raised the slogans denouncing the anti-farmer policies of the state and Central governments . The peasants who have come from various villages formed a human chain . The slogans raised by them reverberated in the entire area . The police sought to prevent the people from setting the bills on fire . Defying it , the peasants have carried on the call of AIKSCC and AIKMKS . The bills were set on fire . In solidarity with the peasants , Chaganuru Mallikarjun Reddy , vittal and Patil-the advocates have participated in the program .
As part of this programme , a Rasta Roko was to be organized in Bengaluru . But the police arrested the president of KRRS Narayan Swamy and other leaders at their homes at 5-0 AM and lodged them in police stations till 11.0 am . By this time , the people have reached Bengaluru from different areas and held rasta roko on the high way and city Junction . The leaders from various peasant organizations have participated in the programme . They stopped the Vehicles and raised the slogans .
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This morning , on Sept 8 th , 2020 , on the occasion of the 53 rd Martyr ’ s Day of Comrade Babulal Biswakarma the comrades of CPI ( ML ) , Comrade Nathuram Biswas , a member of the State Committee of the Party , Comrade Shanti Munda , and the Secretary of the Darjeeling District Committee of the party paid their Revolutionary Homages . They addressed in memory of Comrade Babulal . The leaders and workers present also paid tribute to recently departed leader , CEC member of the party Comrade Jaswant Rao .
West Bengal State Committee , Communist Party of India ( Marxist Leninist )
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Class Struggle