Bharat bandh: Karat, Mulayam court arrest

September 20, 2012 02:04 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 11:00 am IST - New Delhi

NEW DELHI, 20/09/2012: (from right) Sitaram Yechury; TDP President Chandrababu Naidu  Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav; CPI(M) General Secretary, Prakash Karat;  CPI leaders Sudhakar Reddy and D Raja during a rally before courting arrest at Parliament Street as part of the all  India Bandh call given by eight parties against the diesel price hike, FDI in retail and other anti-people policies of the UPA government in New Delhi on September 20, 2012.  Photo: V. Sudershan

NEW DELHI, 20/09/2012: (from right) Sitaram Yechury; TDP President Chandrababu Naidu Samajwadi Party President Mulayam Singh Yadav; CPI(M) General Secretary, Prakash Karat; CPI leaders Sudhakar Reddy and D Raja during a rally before courting arrest at Parliament Street as part of the all India Bandh call given by eight parties against the diesel price hike, FDI in retail and other anti-people policies of the UPA government in New Delhi on September 20, 2012. Photo: V. Sudershan

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh and Left leaders Prakash Karat and A B Bardhan on Thursday courted arrest in New Delhi during the nation-wide bandh against FDI in retail and diesel price hike.

After holding a joint demonstration at Jantar Mantar, the leaders of SP, four Left parties, JD(S), TDP and BJD marched to Parliament Street Police Station along with supporters and courted arrest.

Besides Mr. Mulayam, Mr. Karat (CPI-M) and Mr. Bardhan (CPI), other prominent leaders who courted arrested included Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), Chandrababu Naidu of TDP and Deve Gowda.

“The government has been coming out with policies after policies that affect people of this country. The biggest loser of these policies especially diesel price hike is farmers. Farmers have been put to lot of trouble.

“We will tour the entire nation and listen to people’s grievances and decide our strategy,” Mr. Mulayam said addressing the protesters.

Mr. Karat alleged the government came out with the FDI decision to “rob the jobs of traders and give it to companies like Walmart”.

“We want to tell the government that its policies on FDI, diesel price hike and PSU disinvestment are wrong. We have to keep this movement alive till the Govt rollbacks these decisions.

“We will fight for this inside and outside Parliament. We will persuade the government to withdraw its decision. I request Mulayam Singh to support us in this fight for the people of the country,” he said.

Mr. Naidu said the government’s policies are “wrong” and the Congress has to understand this. “All these are anti-people decisions and they need to be withdrawn,” he added.

A nation-wide bandh has been called by NDA, Left parties and SP against the Centre’s decision on FDI in retail, diesel price rise and cap on LPG cylinders.

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