Farmers stage protest, organize bandh in Sindhanur demanding purchase of corn
Sindhanur: The Sindhanur taluk bandh call given by various organizations in support of farmers demanding the purchase of corn received excellent response on Monday, with several businessmen keeping their shops closed.
Members of CPIML (Liberation), Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Sindhanur taluk unit, pro-farmer and pro-Kannada organizations, business associations, taluk lawyers’ association and contractors’ associations were among the organizations that participated in the bandh on Monday, as thousands of protesters took out a rally shouting slogans against the state government.
The leaders of the associations said that the state government had not responded to the farmers’ request to open the purchase of corn. They alleged that the urgent measures were being taken to alleviate the situation when the farmers intensified their struggle, which shows that the government was not concerned about farmers.
A similar protest had been staged by farmers last week, parking their truck outside the tahsildar’s office last week. The Lingasugur Assistant Commissioner Basavannappa Kalashetty and tahsildar in-charge Shruti had requested the farmers for four days’ time to respond to the demands, after which, the farmers withdrew their protest. As the government did not take any decision in the matter so far, the farmers expressed their anger with a protest rally on the streets of Sindhanur.
The government has not released the support price to the farmers who registered their names last December, the protesters pointed out, stressing that the officials are at fault for such shortcomings and not the farmers.
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At UN, India flags concerns over targeting of vessels in Strait of Hormuz
United Nations (PTI): Targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is "unacceptable", India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish has said.
Harish's remarks at a special meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) on safeguarding energy and supply flows came days after an India-flagged commercial vessel came under attack off the coast of Oman.
Omani authorities rescued all 14 crew members of the vessel sailing from Somalia, but it was not immediately known who carried out the strike.
In a post on X on Sunday, Harish said that at the UNECOSOC meeting, he shared India's approach to the recent energy and fertiliser crisis caused by the West Asia conflict.
"A combination of short-term and structural measures alongside international cooperation are essential to respond to the crisis," he said.
"Reiterated that targeting of commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, are unacceptable. International law in this regard must be fully respected," he added.
The attack on the India-flagged vessel on May 13 took place amid the fragile situation in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway close to the coast of Oman through which roughly one-fifth of the world's energy supplies pass.
It has been severely disrupted by the conflict in West Asia that started on February 28, with the US and Israel launching joint attacks on Iran, triggering retaliatory strikes.
Earlier, India had described the attack as "unacceptable".
At least two other Indian-flagged ships have been attacked since the conflict broke out.
According to the UNECOSOC website, the meeting, which took place on Friday, focused on “Safeguarding energy and supply flows: Supporting global development through international cooperation”.
