IT staff take part in pro-farmer protest

Hyderabad: Hundreds of IT employees on Tuesday took part in a demonstration organized by the Forum of IT professionals (ForIT) at Raidurg metro station in support of farmers, Hitech City.

Techies said they stand in solidarity with the farmers’ protests that are happening around India in response to the ‘anti-farmer’ laws that are being put forward by the government.

“We feel that the demands of farmers are reasonable. It is our responsibility to stand by the farmers. The farm laws are hollow and would not benefit farmers in any way,” said Kiran Chandra, president of the forum.

He added that he might be an IT employee today, but will always be a farmer’s son.

“Although the new laws give a provision for farmers to sell their produce in any state at any time, they will not have the infrastructure to transport and sell their crop in some other state,” he said.

“The corporates will be making that call and this will adversely affect our entire agriculture sector. Only big corporates will be benefiting from these new laws,” Chandra added.

Raising slogans such as ‘memu saitam, raitu kosam’, ‘people united shall always be victorious’, the IT employees took out a rally from Raidurg metro station to TCS Deccan Park.

The techies also blocked roads at Lemon Tree Junction for a few minutes.