CPI(ML) TOOK OUT A PROCESSION

CPI(ML) TOOK OUT A PROCESSION

13-FEB-ENG 6

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA------------------------The CPI(ML) blocked the road at the bus stand demanding the cancellation of the India-US agricultural agreement and the withdrawal of four labor code laws. In support of the national strike by all trade unions across the country demanding the cancellation of the India-US agricultural agreement and the withdrawal of four labor code laws, the CPI(ML) blocked the road at the Ara bus stand for approximately one hour.

Following the road blockade, a procession was taken out through various routes in the city, reaching the Ara railway station premises, where a meeting was held.

Addressing the gathering, CPI(ML) leaders said that we are the nation's food providers, and due to the government's wrong policies or corporate policies, we have become hungry and naked! Ignoring us will cost the country dearly! The people of the country will face a food crisis, and the entire environmental balance will be disrupted!

He further stated that the India-US agricultural agreement should be cancelled first! Irrigation is the foundation of agricultural life, therefore, all irrigation projects should be renovated and new ones should be constructed! By changing the format of the special land survey work, farmers should be provided with documents for agricultural land and the poor for residential land through physical verification of all types of land (agricultural and residential). Through physical verification, all farmers, including sharecroppers, should be registered and provided with the Kisan Samman Nidhi and all the facilities available in the agricultural sector.

Government procurement of all crops should be guaranteed with a legal guarantee of MSP. All agricultural markets should be reopened with the reinstatement of the APMC Act. The privatization of electricity should be stopped, and arrangements should be made for the return of smart meters and free electricity for farmers for agricultural work. Forceful and indiscriminate acquisition of agricultural land should be stopped, and adequate compensation and rehabilitation should be provided, strictly adhering to the 2013 law. The "New National Proposal on Agricultural Marketing," introduced with the intention of implementing the three black agricultural laws through backdoors, should be withdrawn immediately. The four labor codes (the Labor and Employment Act 2025), which turn workers into corporate slaves, should be withdrawn immediately.

The corporate-friendly Electricity Bill 2025 proposed by the Central Energy Department should be withdrawn immediately. The VB Grameen Act should be withdrawn immediately, and MNREGA should be restored.

The "Seed Bill 2025," proposed by the Central Agriculture Department, which compromises the health of the people of the country, should be withdrawn immediately.

The produce of sugarcane farmers, fruit and vegetable farmers, fish and poultry farmers, banana, maize, makhana farmers, and milk farmers should also be guaranteed government procurement by setting an MSP of 2.50% plus 50%.

All farmers' crops should be insured through public insurance companies. A monthly pension of ₹10,000 should be provided to all farmers, both men and women, who have completed 60 years of age. If the government does not meet these demands, a bigger movement will be launched!

Dozens of leaders including CPI-ML Central Committee member Abhiyudaya and Raju Yadav, State Committee member and former MLA of Agiaon Shiv Prakash Ranjan, State Committee member Vijay Ojha, City Secretary Sudhir Kumar Singh, State Committee member Qayamuddin Ansari, AISA District Secretary Vikas Kumar, Roshan Kushwaha, Aman Kushwaha, Harendra Singh, Vishnu Thakur, Sangeeta Singh, Vishal Kumar, Sushil Yadav, Ajay Gandhi, Niranjan Kesari, Suresh Singh, Suresh Paswan, Santvilas Ram, Hareram Singh, Harinath Ram, Sahil Arora, Kalavati Devi, Rajesh Gupta, Ritesh Kumar were involved in the road jam.