Samyukt Shetkari Kamgar Morcha endorses call for Maharashtra bandh
The Hindu
he Congress, the NCP and the Shiv Sena have called for a Maharashtra bandh on October 11 against the killings of the farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri
Three days after all three ruling parties in Maharashtra — the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Shiv Sena — called for a State bandh against the killings of the farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, the Samyukt Shetkari Kamgar Morcha (SSKM) on Friday endorsed the “Maharashtra bandh” call.
Earlier, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, while speaking at a party programme in Solapur, asked party workers to ensure that the October 11 bandh was peaceful and successful. “Those who are in power have no affection for farmers. They have committed the sin of mowing down farmers and the country is fuming with anger,” Mr. Pawar said.
He said all parties should join hands to protest against the BJP. “The bandh should be successful, but without compromising the law and order situation and without confronting the police authorities,” he said.