Farmer Groups, Others Call For Karnataka Bandh On Friday
The New Indian Express Chennai|September 23, 2020
The Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Aikya Horata Samithi on Tuesday have called for a Karnataka bandh on Friday (September 25) against the farm bills and said that over 50 organisations have extended their support.
Farmer Groups, Others Call For Karnataka Bandh On Friday

This comes in the backdrop of the ongoing sit-in protest by farmers in Bengaluru since Monday against the passage of the Centre’s ‘contentious’ farm bills in Parliament and the state’s Land Reforms Amendment Act which was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday.

The protests will continue till Saturday when the monsoon session of the Karnataka Legislature will end.

This story is from the September 23, 2020 edition of The New Indian Express Chennai.

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