Bharat Bandh: Protesters block National Highway in Nanthoor

Mangaluru: The protestors blocked the National highway in Nanthoor on Tuesday as part of the Bharat Bandh called by agitating farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre’s agri laws.

The protestors have blocked the national highway, causing a traffic jam.

Speaking on the occassion Former MLC Ivan D Souza said, ” We demand to withdraw the farm bills immediately. The government wants to put farmers is not bothered about farmers, they does not have time to speak with the farmers and resolve their issues.”

Meanwhile, District president of Hasiru Sene Raithara Sangha Oswald said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi shoould be termed as anti-farmers government. The central government did not even bother to consult the concerned before the bills were being amended.”

DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla, Raithara Sangha leaders Balakrishna Shetty, Manoj Shetty, social activist Vidya Dinaker, Kissan Congress district president Mohan Gowda, farmer association leader K Yadav Shetty, CPIM leader Vasanth Acharya and others also particiapted in the protest.