The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) on Friday announced launch of a year-long nation-wide campaign called ‘Jan Azadi 75- pathways to freedom’ from August 9, 2021 to August 15, 2022.
NAPM activist Medha Patkar stated that numerous events are planned in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Delhi and Rajasthan.
She said the farmers’ movement is the freedom movement of today’s times as lakhs of farmers have been protesting since last eight months demanding repeal of the farm laws and legal guarantee for all crops.
The past seven years of the BJP have destroyed the economy and ecology in numerous ways while dissenters are being jailed, even killed. Among others, Faisal Khan, Dr Sunilam, Sanjay MG, Prafulla Samantara and Meera Sanghamitra participated in the Press meet.