BKS protest demonstration in Chennai

VSK, Chennai, Thu, 31 Jan 2013 : Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, a Sangh Parivar Organization called for a protest demonstration on 29.1.13 at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai.  The demands raised by BKS are:
-         To declare the Tamilnadu State as a drought hit area and give compensation of Rs.60,000 crores to the farmers.
-         To redeem the agricultural loans taken due to drought - this resulted in no production.
-         Roll back of FDI and should prepare a separate budget for farmers
-         Provide Electricity to farmers for not less than 12 hours
-         Inter-linking of rivers like Brahmaputra, Ganges and Yamuna with that of Cauvery.
-      To gazatte the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

1194 farmers/volunteers participated from all the districts. Akhila Bharatiya General Secretary of BKS Sri Dinesh Kulkarni, Sri Gopi Ji State Organiser, Sri SriGanesan Ji, Sri R Sunderasan, State General Secretary D.Perumal, Sri Sankara Subramaniam, State Secretary of BMS participated in the protest.

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