Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has reacted to the alleged “forced passing” of the farmers’ Bills by comparing the BJP Government with “Hitler Raj” and said that her party Trinamool Congress will start an indefinite agitation demanding a rollback of the “draconian law.”
Saying that “yesterday will be remembered as a Black Sunday” in the history of parliamentary democracy in India Banerjee on Monday said, “the forced passage of the Bills in Rajya Sabha only reminds one of the Hitler Raj … it is dictatorship at its peak,” adding her party would however not take things lying down and begin a prolonged movement against the “draconian law.”
Even as two TMC MPs Derek O’ Brien and Dola Sen were suspended from attending this session of the Rajya Sabha Banerjee said “no amount of coercion will deter us. We will not bow our head before this dictatorial Government,” adding “the way the Bills were passed in the Upper House by sheer physical force has made our heads hang in shame. We feel disturbed and ashamed.
“I condemn the yesterday’s incident in the Rajya Sabha … the way the Bills were forcibly passed without following the norms. Now it is clear that this Government is not only attacking the opponents but also the farmers and daily wagers … The farmers’ independence is being hijacked they are being made powerless… The day is not far when we will face a food crisis. India is now staring at a famine.”
Apprehending that the proposed labour reforms could bring untold hardship for the country’s work force Banerjee said the Government’s proposals for labour reforms would come as a bolt on the work force.
Calling for a broad-based opposition unity, Banerjee said, “a time has come when all the parties should unite against this dictatorial government which systematically destroying all the democratic institutions of the country … if need be the Trinamool Congress will remain at the rear of the movement but the parties should come forward to join hands against this Government.”
Attacking the Centre for destroying democracy Banerjee said “the situation is such that all the voices of decent are ruthlessly suppressed. If you raise your voice they will implicate youu in false cases.
They will send government agencies (read CBI, ED) at your place to coerce you into inaction. This cannot go on for long and the opposition parties must unite and protest to save the Indian democracy.”
The TMC would start a ceaseless movement from Tuesday she said. “Our party will hit the streets against the draconian anti-farmer law we will begin with a sit-in agitation followed by multiple rallies both in Kolkata and regions,” Banerjee said.
