The Taml Nadu Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam, one of the most vocal farmers’ organisations in the Cauvery delta region, has decided to contest the Lok Sabha election from Thanjavur opposing the “anti-farmer policies” of the BJP and the DMK governments at the Centre and in the State respectively.
“Both the governments are acting against the interests of farmers and there is no difference between the two. Hence we have decided to enter the fray in Thanjavur to register our opposition to their policies,” association general secretary P.R. Pandian told The Hindu on Monday.
The BJP government had failed the farmers on the issue of ensuring Minimum Support Price for farm produce and has unleashed force to quell their agitation, leading to one death recently on the Punjab-Haryana border.
