All three parties have called for a protest against the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri.
All three ruling parties in Maharashtra on Saturday said that essential services would not be affected in the state bandh called on Monday to protest the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri.
The Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday held a joint press conference and announced that the three parties would join the bandh with full force.
Shiv Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said that his party will take part in the bandh.
In a press conference with NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik and state Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant, Raut said that the bandh call is necessary to awaken the people against the anti-farmer policies of the central government.
“Farmers are not alone in this fight and the process of showing solidarity with them should start from Maharashtra,” Mr. Raut said.
joint opposition strategy
The Shiv Sena leader said he had discussed the need for a joint opposition strategy with NCP’s Sharad Pawar and Rahul Gandhi, adding that other states should follow Maharashtra’s lead in expressing solidarity with the farmers.
Mr Pawar on Friday asked his party members to succeed in the peaceful but effective bandh. Congress has already given its support.
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