Ex­press­ing full sol­i­dar­ity with the protest­ing Sikh farm­ers in Delhi, the Cau­very Rights Re­trieval Com­mit­tee, an um­brella body of var­i­ous grass­roots farmer and po­lit­i­cal move­ments in Tamil Nadu held a spir­ited rally de­nounc­ing the gov­ern­men­t’’s de­lay­ing tac­tics and seek­ing im­me­di­ate re­peal of the anti-peo­ple, anti-farmer three farm laws en­acted last year. A WSN Tamil Desk Re­port.

THOU­SANDS OF FARM­ERS car­ry­ing green flags marched in Tan­jore city de­mand­ing the re­peal of the new agri­cul­tural laws, which has now emerged as the cen­tral de­vel­op­ment dom­i­nat­ing the peo­ple’s think­ing and ac­tion and giv­ing sleep­less nights to die-hard politi­cians who had come to be­lieve that they are in­vin­ci­ble and in­dis­pens­able.

Led by the gen­eral sec­re­tary of the Manithaneya Jananayaga Katchi M.Thamimun Ansari and P. Ma­niarasan, co­or­di­na­tor of Cau­very Rights Re­trieval Com­mit­tee, the pro­tes­tors marched from the site of the his­toric statue of Naryanasamy Naidu -leader of farm­ers to the Thokap­piar Square statue of King Ra­jaraja Chola in Than­javur city -the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu.

P. Mani­yarasan -the co-or­di­na­tor of the Cau­very Rights Re­trieval Com­mit­tee, Dhana­palan – Coali­tion Pres­i­dent of all Tamil Nadu Agri­cul­tural As­so­ci­a­tions, Man­i­mozhiyan, Trea­surer of the Cau­very Rights Re­demp­tion Com­mit­tee and K. Venka­tra­man, Gen­eral Sec­re­tary of Thamizh The­siya Periyakkam were lead­ing the march also at­tended by the Gen­eral Sec­re­tary of the Manitha Neya Jananaayaga Katchi Tamimun Ansari MLA.

Also in at­ten­dance were Bharathi­s­el­van of the Cau­very Rights Re­trieval Com­mit­tee, Chin­nathu­rai, Trichy Dis­trict Pres­i­dent of the Tamil Nadu Farm­ers ‘Union, Ku­dan­thai Arasan Gen­eral Sec­re­tary of Vidutha­lai Thamizh Puli­gal, Ja­gadeesan, Delta Co­or­di­na­tor of the Tamil Nadu Farm­ers’ Union, Simeon Xavier­raj, Dis­trict Pres­i­dent of the De­mo­c­ra­tic Party of In­dia and var­i­ous agrar­ian or­ga­ni­za­tions.

P. Man­is­arasan, con­venor, Cau­very Rights Re­trieval Com­mit­tee, while speak­ing to the me­dia de­manded a com­pen­sa­tion of ₹40,000 per acre for crops dam­ages suf­fered by farm­ers due to heavy rain­fall this month.

This is not a farmer is­sues this is the is­sues to every­one who are liv­ing in in­dia …so stand against it to­gether#De­featAn­ti­Farmer­Laws

— Mani­yarasan Sekar (@Mani­yarasanSek2) Jan­u­ary 21, 2021

Soon af­ter the Supreme Court judge­ment in the case of the Farm­ers law and the for­ma­tion of an Ex­perts panel by the apex court, the Thamizh Na­tional move­ment -read Tamil Na­tional Move­ment Gen­eral Sec­re­tary K. Venka­tra­man in an in­ter­view to a lo­cal video chan­nel said, “If we chrono­log­i­cally ex­am­ine the pro­ceed­ings of the Supreme Court in the is­sue prior to the ap­point­ment of the com­mit­tee, we can un­der­stand that the apex court of the coun­try is par­tial and pro-gov­ern­ment”

“If we chrono­log­i­cally ex­am­ine the pro­ceed­ings of the Supreme Court in the is­sue prior to the ap­point­ment of the com­mit­tee, we can un­der­stand that the apex court of the coun­try is par­tial and pro-gov­ern­ment”

K. Venka­tra­man, Gen­eral Sec­re­tary, Tamil Na­tional Move­ment

Clearly, the four mem­bers of the apex court panel were bi­ased in favour of the gov­ern­ment and the farm laws from their writ­ings and ac­tions in the re­cent past.

Al­ready Govt owned Har­bour & Air­ports are rapidly aqur­ing by #adani, af­ter new #Farm­Bill­s2020 farmer land and es­sen­tial com­mod­ity will be dom­i­nated by both #adani & Am­bani.. to­tally farm law is passed in fav of #modi rich friends #De­featAn­ti­Farmer­Laws 
#Farm­er­sProtests pic.twit­ter.com/​NJ4T­G2nTB3

— திருவேங்கடம்.கோ.சா | THIRU­VENKADAM GS (@con­tact­thiru) Jan­u­ary 21, 2021

“ The Supreme Court of In­dia should have in­quired into the con­sti­tu­tional va­lid­ity of the laws, spelt out what is good and bad in the law, what was the grand hurry for the gov­ern­ment to en­act the law with­out any de­mand from farm­ers from any part of the coun­try and in its wis­dom should have set aside the laws as un­con­sti­tu­tional be­cause ab ini­tio be­cause it amounted to deal­ing with a state sub­ject,” told K Venka­trama to WSN on the phone line from Chen­nai.

Dear ji u dont hear t sounds of farm­ers protest­ing…mind the whole coun­try roar­ing against it #De­featAn­ti­Farmer­Laws #MJK2021@Mjk­Party

— Mo­hamed Man­soor (@man­soor21101988) Jan­u­ary 21, 2021

Strongly con­demn­ing the judge­ment on be­half of the Tamil Na­tional Move­ment, Venka­tra­man, in his in­ter­view added, “So far, all talks with the gov­ern­ment have failed, so the for­ma­tion of a com­mit­tee to talk to farm­ers rep­re­sen­ta­tives by the Supreme Court ap­pears as if the Supreme Court is act­ing on be­half of the gov­ern­ment. It is clearly act­ing be­half of Modi.”