Coimbatore: Farmers here on Monday expressed solidarity with their counterparts protesting against the three farm bills passed by the Parliament.
Carrying farm produce, farmers gathered in front of the Coimbatore collector’s office and demanded immediate withdrawal of the Acts.
The central government had recently passed the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.
With this, farmers will lose their rights to sow the seeds of plants they wish, president of the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association Su Palanisamy said. “They will be forced to listen to corporate companies. The companies will play a major role in fixing price of produce, which will affect farmers as well as consumers. We want the central government to hold talks with farmers and withdraw the Acts immediately,” he said.TNN