Bharat Bandh
Farmers' Protest: We support the issue but won't participate in bandh, says Trinamool on Bharat Bandh
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday said it won't participate in the nationwide strike called by the farmers in protest against the Centre's three new farm laws despite lending moral support to the issue.
"We support the issue but won't participate in the bandh. We will hold protests at Gandhi statue (in central Kolkata) on Dec 8, 9 and 10. Mamata Banerjee will participate in the protest on Dec 10," veteran Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said.
Meanwhile, Bandyopadhyay and Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien held a meeting with some Akali Dal leaders over the farmers' issue.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday sent O'Brien as an emissary of her party Trinamool to the Delhi-Haryana border where thousands of farmers are protesting against the laws.
Banerjee has given her full support to the farmers while holding a telephonic conversation with the protesters.
One of the Centre's new farm laws will now allow farmers to sell their produce to institutional buyers beyond the regulated wholesale market.
The farmers, who are from Haryana and Punjab in large numbers, have demanded a complete roll back of the three laws and legalising Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the sale of their crops.
The government will hold the third round of talks with the farmers over the issue on Saturday.
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