A SOLIDARITY march was organised in support of fighting contingent of peasants in and around Delhi against the three black laws enacted by the central government intended to handover the farm lands to the national and international corporate companies to loot the peasants.Leaders and cadres of CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) assembled at Budh Smiriti Park in Patna, on December 2. Later state leaders of RJD also joined.

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“CALL of the hour is to further cement the worker-peasant unity. The farmers of the country are lending support to the workers' movement and vice versa the workers stand in solidarity with the movement of the peasants. Both these major sections must complement to the causes of one another. That would inspire the other oppressed sections to mobilise in the mainstream of struggles.

THE call for a general strike by central trade unions, peasants and agricultural workers unions became a success in Telangana on November 26th. Statewide publicity for the 2020 strike was widespread. In response to amendments to labour, agricultural laws, the Grameen Bandh also came along and as a reflection of the peasant-worker alliance, both the peasants and the working class responded in an unprecedented way.Massive rally was organised by trade unions at Dharna Chowk, Hyderabad.

Leaders of the several political parties – NCP, DMK, CPI(M), CPI, RJD, CPI(ML), AIFB and RSP – have issued the following joint statement on November 28.BRAVING severe repression, teargasing, heavy water cannoning, roadblocks, police barricades and digging up the national highways surrounding Delhi, akin to waging a 'war' on our farmers, tens of thousands of farmers have successfully reached the National Capital of Delhi.