Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while referring to her 26-day hunger strike against the 'forcible' land acquisition in Singur in 2006, expressed her solidarity with the farmers protesting the new farm laws.
She tweeted, "14 years ago on 4 Dec 2006, I began my 26-day hunger strike in Kolkata demanding that agricultural land cannot be forcefully acquired. I express my solidarity with all farmers who are protesting against draconian farm bills passed without consultation by Centre #StandWithFarmers."
Banerjee had on Thursday threatened to launch a country-wide agitation if the 'anti-farmer' new farm laws were not withdrawn.
Senior TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar alleged the new farm laws are 'unconstitutional' and were passed to help the corporate houses.
She told, "We demand that these laws be withdrawn. These laws were passed not to help the farmers but were done to help the multinational and corporate houses. The intention of the BJP is to sacrifice the interest of the farmers to serve their own interest."
According to the reports, Mamata made multiple calls to the farmers protesting at Singhu border and also sent Derek O'Brien, on behalf of All India Trinamool Congress, to show solidarity with farmers. Trinamool's Rajya Sabha leader spent about four hours meeting various groups of farmers who have parked their tractors and other vehicles on the highway at the Singhu Border.
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