Theruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) also extended support on Sunday to the'Bharat Bandh' called by farmers' unions on December 8 to oppose and seekrepeal of three new central farm legislations.
TelanganaChief Minister and TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao said that the TRS rank andfile would participate actively to make the proposed shutdown a success.
Severaltrade unions and political parties, including the Congress, Rashtriya JanataDal, Trinamool Congress and the Left parties have already announced theirsupport to the countrywide shutdown.
KCR,as the TRS leader is popularly known, justified the support by stating that thefarmers are agitating through lawful means against the Centre's farm laws.
Herecalled that the TRS had opposed the farm Bills in Parliament in September asthey were allegedly aimed at harming the interests of Indian farmers.
TheTRS chief felt that there was need to continue the agitation till the newlegislations were withdrawn.
Healso appealed to the people to stand by farmers and make the bandh successful.
KCRhad earlier said that the farm laws would benefit the corporates and adverselyimpact the farmers.
"Forpublic consumption, it was mentioned in the Bills that the farmers can selltheir produce anywhere in the country. But in reality, the Bills will enablethe traders to go anywhere in the country to buy the produce. The Bills willalso help the corporate lobby to spread in all corners of the country and thuspave the way for private traders," he had said.
Farmersare demanding the withdrawal of the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce(Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; the Farmers (Empowerment andProtection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and theEssential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
Asthe fifth round of talks between the farmers and the Centre remainedinconclusive on Saturday, the sixth round is scheduled to be held in Delhi onDecember 9.