People's Democracy

AIKS Organises March to Parliament

HUNDREDS of peasants from the states neighbouring Delhi marched to parliament on February 18 demanding remunerative prices for their produce, settlement of arrears of sugarcane farmers, against dilution of APMC Act and other related matters. A delegation including Basudeb Acharia, Saidul Haque, Hannan Mollah, Amra Ram and others submitted a detailed memorandum on the demands to the agriculture minister after the march.

The parliament march was addressed by Hannan Mollah, general secretary, Amra Ram, president, K Varadharajan, vice-president, S Ramachandran Pillai, vice president, D P Singh, president of UP Kisan Sabha, Harpal Singh, secretary, Haryana Kisan Sabha, Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon, secretary, Punjab Kisan Sabha, Dulichand, secretary, Rajasthan Kisan Sabha and Jaswinder Singh, president, MP Kisan Sabha. Vijoo Krishnan, AIKS joint secretary made the introductory remarks and welcomed the gathering. P Krishnaprasad, AIKS treasurer made the concluding remarks.

Basudeb Acharia, chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture and leader of CPI(M) in Lok Sabha, C P Narayanan, MP, K N Balagopal, MP, addressed the parliament march. Khagen Das, Ramchandra Dome and Saidul Haque, CPI(M) Lok Sabha MPs, also joined in solidarity.