New Delhi: Under the leadership of Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, the breakaway group of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Swaraj Abhiyan, launched a farmers movement on Saturday to address the agrarian crisis in the country,
Speaking on the occasion, Yadav said Jai Kisan Movement is aimed at reshaping the country's future. He appealed to the people to be a part of it to help resolve the fight of the farmers.
Yadav confirmed the launch of the movement on his Twitter account.
This is a movement of farmers, but not just for farmers, nor merely by farmers. We also aim to involve urban citizens, especially the youth.
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) June 13, 2015
This is a movement of farmers, but not just for farmers, nor merely by farmers. We also aim to involve urban citizens, especially the youth.
— Yogendra Yadav (@_YogendraYadav) June 13, 2015
Commencing from today, Abhiyan volunteers will fan across the country and will launch a mass-contact programme, Jai Kisan Movement, in about 1 lakh villages. It will kick start from some of the significant and historic sites of peasant locations.
The campaign demands include withdrawal of the Land Acquisitions Ordinance and a legislation to guarantee minimum income of farmers and assured and adequate compensation against natural calamity.
Earlier Yadav had said that a decision has also been taken to appoint Anand Kumar, who was also ousted from AAP along with Ajit Jha, as the national convener of the organisation.
With agency inputs
