Exposing the truth of farmers’ unions behind the agitation (IANS Investigation, Part I)

New Delhi, Dec 11 : Is it farmers’ unions’ movement or vested interests? This is the burning question haunting the country as the farmers’ unions are raising issues which do not even concern the farm laws.
The agitations are also being politicised by the Left wing groups to demand the release of people who have been arrested for inciting anti-national activities across India.
The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) is the largest faction of the Bhartiya Kisan Union and almost two-thirds of the protesters gathered at Delhi’s borders are its members.
The BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) is now raising its voice for the unconditional release of the so called writers, intellectuals and poets, including Telugu poet and activist Varavara, who was arrested in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon Elgar Parishad case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
Rao was first arrested in 1973 by the Andhra Pradesh government under the then Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) on charges of fuelling violence with his writings. In 2005, Rao acted as an emissary for the People’s War Group to broker peace between the state government and the Maoist organisation. Following the breakdown of the talks, Rao was again arrested under the Public Security Act (PSA).
The contradictions are stark. The BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) has changed its demands in a span of one month. On October 14, it only demanded that the farm laws be repealed. However, on November 14, the outfit changed its demand of just repealing of three farm laws and added another demand to withdraw all cases against the farmer leaders all over India, intellectuals, poets, lawyers, writers and human and democratic rights activists. It now wants those who have been jailed in false cases should be released.