Since when did protesting become a profession? Rakesh Tikait now calls for nationwide agitation against privatization of banks

New Delhi, Dec 6: After the Modi government took back the farm bills, Rakesh Tikait seems to now have no job to do. He has now protested against the privatization of banks that was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech.

 

 

Tikait asked the citizens to see the result on December 6 when the bill is scheduled to be tabled in the parliament to privatize public sector banks. In a tweet yesterday, he said when the protests against the farm laws began, he had announced that the next would be banks. He said ‘there is a need of a common movement against the privatisation across the country’.

 

 

The farmer leader was speaking about The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill that has been listed for discussion during the Winter Session of Parliament. During her Budget speech in February, Sitharaman had announced the decision to privatise two Public Sector Undertaking banks and one general insurance firm as part of the Centre’s disinvestment plan.

 

This comes after the three farm laws were repealed and the Centre agreed to set up a committee on Minimum Support Prices. This new protest against bank privatization is being seen by many as a shifting of goal posts by the farm leaders.

 

On the other hand, the farmer organisations had already said that they will not withdraw the protests even after the three laws were withdrawn. They had said they will continue the protests and the highway blockades over demands like a law on MSP etc.