CPI(M)-Led LDF Organises Farmers Rally in Wayanad to Highlight Their Plight

Holding placards and banners, LDF workers took out a march at Pulpally town protesting the continuing anti-farmer approach of the Congress and the BJP.

Taking on the Congress in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency from where its party chief Rahul Gandhi is contesting, the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF on Friday organised a farmers’ rally highlighting their “sorry plight” since the economic liberalisation of 1991.

Holding placards and banners, the Left Democratic Front workers took out a march at Pulpally town in the high range constituency protesting the “continuing anti-farmer approach” of the Congress and the BJP.

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) national president Ashok Dhawale and other leaders participated in the march.

The banners listed the farmers’ suicides and their “sorry plight” since the 1991 economic liberalisation.

Dhawale, who had led the farmers in the historic Mumbai protest, said it was only the Left Front that can protect the rights of the farmers.

“The agrarian reforms and the economic policy of the Congress has affected the farmers. The BJP is just following the policy of Congress,” he said.

The Left farmers group also organised a ‘farmers parliament’.

“The neo-liberalisation policy of the Congress in 1991 destroyed the dreams of the farmers. Over thousands of farmers have committed suicide during the Modi regime,” a release issued by AIKS said.

Besides Amethi, Gandhi is contesting a second seat, Wayanad, where he had filed his papers on April 4.

The congress president filed his nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday.