For Those Dividing Indians in Order To Rule Them, Adivasis Are Clearly Not Farmers
While corporates are free to expand their operations across economic spheres and state boundaries, the BJP is trying to split the movement of farmers and those fighting displacement with its dishonest labelling.
Farmers in solidarity with incarcerated activists. Photo: Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
Rights15/Dec/2020
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)âs first response to any dissent is predictable. Union ministers go on the offensive, calling the dissenters anti-nationals, Maoists, jihadis etc. Sadly, by now, what is equally predictable is how the media amplifies this propaganda.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) decided to mark December 10, International Human Rights Day, by remembering several prominent activists arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), especially those arrested in the name of Bhima Koregaon, and the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The release of these activists has been a long-standing demand of the Ugrahan group, though it is not part of the minimum common programme of the farmers’ unions, which is focused on the repeal of the Narendra Modi governmentâs three farm laws.