Tura, Feb 12: The South West Garo Hills Youth Congress organised a protest at Ampati on 12th February, 2021 against the anti-farmers law and the rising prices of fuel.
The event was chaired by Shri. Stevie M Marak, Vice President, MPYC. Shri Winnerson D Sangma, MLA Salmanpara and SWGH DCC President, was also present. Among other leaders present were Shri Richard Marak, President, MPYC, Shri Darkhan Sangma, Dist. Co-ordinator SWGH DYC, Shri Malangkot Sangma, Joint Secretary, SWGH DCC, Kansan Sangma, Righteous Sangma, James Sangma, Tengwan Sangma and other senior leaders and members of Youth Congress.
“The present Indian government has been slowly and systematically introducing laws for oppressing the people and suppressing dissent since 2014. And recently they passed three anti-farmers laws which will be detrimental to the farmers of the nation”, said Mr. Winners in Sangma Congress MLA.
In order to protest these laws, farmers from all over India have been protesting in their own villages and also in the borders of the national capital for the last two months braving the chilling winter cold.
The Congress party is the only party with a national presence to be able to take on the BJP and we are gathered here today to lodge our protest and to lend a hand of support to the farmers so that our collective voices will be heard all the way to Delhi. So that the BJP will know that in every corner of the country we are awake and ready to take on them.” Winnerson D Sangma.
“This is not the only injustice that we are protesting today. We are also protesting the alarmingly high prices of fuel. This is a burden on the common man. With rising prices of fuel comes the rise in essential commodities. This is injustice and there is power in the state government to ease the burden by lowering the taxes”. Winnerson D Sangma
“Ever since the foundation of the country, there has been only one party that has looked out for the common man and that has been the Congress party. Even today, we still stand for the common man because this is a government for their rich friends”, said Mr. Richard Marak one of the congress leader.
Mr. Marak said that they stand in protest today to show support to the farmers. The government should listen to the voice of the farmers and repeal the three laws immediately. He also like to question the voice of the regional parties, which is non-existent. They claim to be the guardians of the people and yet there is not a peep from them. Instead, they are hand in glove with the powers that are destroying the very fabric of our democracy.
Take for example the CAA issue which was supported by the regional parties even though the people they represent were against it. People have not forgotten the way the lone NPP MP voted for CAA with such impunity even though the people of the entire North East India were against it” Richard Marak.
Mr. Marak comparing the prices of fuel during the UPA era (2014) and at present, the international prices of crude oil was around $104/barrel and petrol prices Rs 71/litre then and around $54/barrel with petrol prices nearing Rs. 100/litre now, the people, are not benefitting from this price drop, instead we are taxed higher than ever before in the history of India.
The congress demand that the state and central government lower the excise duties to what it was before and do away with other unnecessary cess and duties. We have to unite to do away with crony capitalism in order to safeguard our future and the future of our coming generations.” Richard Marak
