Maha Bandh Over Lakhimpur Kheri Incident Tomorrow, Essential Services Won’t Be Affected
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) the ruling coalition of the NCP, Congress and Shiv Sena has called for a statewide bandh on October 11 to protest against the killing of four farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri.
Shiv Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said on Saturday that his party will take part in the Maharashtra bandh with full force. Raut said it was necessary to awaken people against the anti-farmer policies of the Centre, adding that farmers were not alone in their fight and the process of showing solidarity with them should start from Maharashtra.
“All the three parties will actively participate in the bandh. What happened in Lakhimpur Kheri was a murder of the country’s Constitution, a violation of the law and a conspiracy to kill the food-provider farmers of the country,” Raut said while addressing a press conference along with NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik and state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant.
Trade unions have decided to keep the Pune Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) closed on Monday by participating in the Maharashtra bandh. Chhatrapati Shivaji Market Yard Traders Association has announced that all fruit, vegetable, onion, potato markets will remain closed on Monday.
The traders’ union has also appealed to all the members to keep their business closed on Monday. He has appealed to the farmers not to bring their agricultural produce to the market on Monday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has condemned the Maharashtra bandh decision and Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said the ruling party was politicizing the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
On October 3, in Lakhimpur Kheri, an SUV ran over four farmers returning to protest against the Centre’s three agricultural laws. The farmers alleged that Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister of home Ajay Mishra Teni, was in the vehicle and later fled. Ashish Mishra has been arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody. Four other people, including a local journalist, also died in the violence that day, after which an angry mob allegedly lynched some people in these vehicles.
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