The Odisha unit of the Congress would support the Bharat Bandh call given by farmers’ associations on September 27, informed Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik on Thursday.
A decision in this regard has been taken at a meeting of various party leaders at the Congress Bhawan here on Wednesday.
Leaders of CPI, RJD, Samajwadi Party and NCP were present at the meeting. Notably, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has given a call for a complete Bharat Bandh in protest against the three contentious farm laws. Patnaik further informed that the Congress would stage a dharna at Master Canteen Square here on September 23 over the State Government’s lack of adequate response to the flood situation and the power tariff hike in the State.
The CPI(ML) Liberation also announced its support to the Bharat Bandh. The party said that as the Modi-led Central Government is blindly selling public properties to corporate houses at throwaway prices and bringing anti-people policies like three agricultural laws, labour codes and energy Bill, it’s high time people from cross sections came to street and protest these moves.