On Tuesday, followers of the Rashtriya Ajanta Dal (RJD), theJan Adhikar Party (JAP) and Left parties took part in a massive protest marchin Patna, in order to join hands with the nationwide Bharat Bandh call given byfarmers. They choked-up the ‘Dak Bungalow Chowk’ crossroad leading to interruption of traffic.
JAP supporters, under the leadership of Pappu Yadav, werelooking particularly aggressive. They were carrying paddy on their heads apartfrom traditional farming equipments to protest the three farms bills passed bythe Parliament. Yadav said the NDA government must roll back the three 'blacklaws' and execute the Swaminathan Commission report on the farming sector.
"From day one, we are demanding guarantee on MSP apartfrom rollback of three 'black laws.' The Narendra Modi ‘s government concerns solely for the interests of corporate houses and enlarged businesses . they donot have any interest fot the farmers.Moreover, NDA leaders are calling them Khalistani, Pakistani and anti-national.This is unacceptable. The government must not humiliate our annadaata(providers of food)," added Yadav.
"Our party has decided to wait till December 16 for thegovernment to roll back the farm laws. From December 23, we will launch a Kisanrally from the historic West Champaran district that will subsequently move tothe entire state," Yadav said.
During the protest, supporters of the RJD and the JAPblocked the way of more than two dozen cars, forcing the drivers to turn back.
"The NDA government has not taken a single decision forthe welfare of common people. PM Modi imposed demonetisation, GST, increasedthe road tax, privatisation of railways and others to give benefits tocorporates. Now, they have brought three farms laws to privatise theagriculture sector," alleged CPI (ML) legislator Sudama Prasad.
"The GDP rate of India is -23 percent. Only theagriculture sector has 3.5 percent GDP growth rate. The Modi government wantsto bring this sector in the hand of corporate houses and hold farmerscaptive," said Awadhesh Kumar, CPI (M) state secretary of Bihar.