Protests and road blockades were held in Mysuru on Tuesday to condemn the assault on farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait in Bengaluru.
While members of different progressive and Dalit organisations joined the farmers’ organisations protesting against the assault on Mr Tikait in front of Deputy Commissioner’s office, representatives of AITUC, CPI(M)’s Mysuru district unit and Karnataka State Committee members of Akhila Bharatiya Kisan Sabha gathered in front of Govind Rao Memorial Hall in the City and held a black flag demonstration.
Meanwhile, members of the Federation of Farmers Association of Karnataka and Sugarcane Growers Association of Karnataka staged a road blockade in T. Narsipur in Mysuru district, condemning the assault on Mr. Tikait, who was striving to protect the interests of the farmers by leading a year-long protest against anti-farmer laws of the Centre.
