Kolkata: Farmer leaders together with Rakesh Tikait of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) met West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on points associated to agriculture and native farmers. The WB CM assured her assist to the protesting farmers.
“We are supporting the farmers movement till all their demands are not met,” Mamata Banerjee mentioned at a press convention right here on Wednesday. She additionally talked about of how the TMC has been in assist of the protesting farmers from the start.
Tikait congratulated Mamata over her electoral victory over the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) within the lately concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. Bharatiya Kisan Union chief Rakesh Tikait mentioned, “The Chief Minister assured us that she will continue to support the farmers’ movement. We thank her for this assurance. West Bengal should work as a model state and farmers should be given more benefits.”
During the press convention, Mamata Banerjee additionally spoke of how the nation is “starving” as a result of numerous points like unemployement, and so forth. “For the last 7 months, they (Central government) didn’t bother to speak to farmers. I demand that all three farm laws are withdrawn,” she mentioned.
The farmer chief additionally urged the CM to convey fruits, vegetable and milk merchandise additionally below the ambit of MSP, in order that it turns into a “model” for different states. Yudhvir Singh, basic secretary of the BKU, informed PTI earlier, “We want to congratulate Mamata Banerjee for her electoral victory and to elicit her support for the move to give farmers a fair MSP for their crops.”
Tikait and different leaders have been protesting on the borders of Delhi since 26 November 2020.
(With extra inputs from Manogya Loiwal)
