VIDARBHA FARM WIDOWS AND FARM ACTIVIST TO JOIN CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL IN MUMBAI ON 2ND OCTOBER ON FARMERS' SUICIDES

VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI

11,Trisaranagar,Khamala,Nagpur-440025

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Ref-Vidarbha Farm Crisis PRESS-NOTE- Dated-29/09/2007

VIDARBHA FARM WIDOWS AND FARM ACTIVIST TO JOIN CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL IN MUMBAI ON 2ND OCTOBER ON FARMERS' SUICIDES

Nagpur-29^th sept2007

Peace Mumbai and Vidarbha Jan Aandolan Samiti (VJAS) will be organizing Candle light Vigil on 2nd October (Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi) at Marine Drive, Mumbai, at 7.00pm as part international event being organized by AID, USA Base NGO more than 200 cities across world

Jatin desai who is arranging all this evet in Mumbai with help of local NGOs AND Vidarbha jan andolan samiti (VJAS) informed that the idea of the candle light vigil is to highlight the agrarian crisis and farmers' suicides taking place all over ndia in general and in Vidarbha in particular. Gandhiji's first Satyagraha actons in India were in Champaran (Bihar) and Kheda (Gujarat). Britisher rulers were compelled to recognise agrarian crisis by the actions of Gandhi.

VJAS sectary Mohan Jadhav along with farm widows of viallge kolzari where Indian Prime minister Dr.Manmohan Singh failed to visit of 1^st july 2006 and other widows who are on starvation will join this event ,informed by Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti .

Today we are in serious agrarian crisis. On and average daily four farmers are committing suicides in the "suicide zone" of Vidarbha. Much talked Prime Minister's package of Rs. 3,750/- crore could not prevent farmers' suicides. Rather than packages, we need to have an agriculture policy which can take care of agriculture sector,desai added..

Few widows of the farmers who committed suicides and peasants too will participate in the candle light vigil to expose the anti-peasants policy. Do participate and spread word,Jatin Desai has appealed all prominent citizens of Mumbai to join this function to mark respect to dying farmers of vidarbha.

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Kishor Tiwari

President

Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti

vjasamiti@gmail.com

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