Farmers’ groups and trade unions have called for nationwide protests on March 10, linking the ongoing tensions in West Asia with concerns over India’s economic ties with the United States. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), along with a joint platform of central trade unions (CTUs) and several sectoral federations and associations, announced that demonstrations will be held across the country on Tuesday.
The SKM on Saturday said that the day will be marked by a massive rally of farmers in Barnala, Punjab, news agency PTI reported. Similar programmes are planned in other parts of the country, where farmers, agricultural workers, traders, students and women’s organisations are expected to participate.
Trade unions have urged the public to observe the day as “Anti-Imperialist-War Day for World Peace.”The organisations said their protest is aimed at raising concerns about the military conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran, and its broader consequences.
“The Samyukt Kisan Morcha has strongly deplored the war unleashed on Iran by US and Israel that has pushed the entire Middle East into a state of armed conflict and the entire world into a state of economic turmoil. SKM has also condemned the targeted killing of Ayatollah Khamenei, the head of a sovereign country Iran, several senior leaders, and thousands of innocent lives including 183 girl students, bombing schools and hospitals and torpedoing the Iranian ship IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean that killed 85 soldiers,” the farmers’ collective said in its statement.
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