Congress slams BJP for police brutality on women farmers in Assam

Reports from Bamuni Mikirgaon in Nagaon district of central Assam said that the police accused some women who were opposing the government's bid to evict them from their farm on December 29, 2020. The government reportedly wants the land to be handed over to some private companies, the villagers said.

Reports from Bamuni Mikirgaon village in Nagaon district of Assam said the police had charged some women farmers who were protesting the government's bid to evict them from their farmlands on December 29, 2020. The villagers said that the government reportedly wants the land to be handed over to some private firms.

Congress spokesperson Bobita Sarma said on Thursday, "At a time when the entire country has been standing with the farmers, the BJP government in Assam has began violent attacks on farmers without even sparing the women in Nagaon."

Over the past 20 years, approximately 100 indigenous farmers have been farming rice and bean on a sizeable chunk of land in the village. they have also been paying government tax, according to the local unit of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP).

Local AJYCP leader Deep Moni Bora said, "We will not tolerate such atrocities against farmers. The police cane-charged the protesters - many of them women - without provocation when farmers are demanding the repeal of anti-farmer laws brought about by the Centre.

A few farmers have been injured in a clash with the police. However, the district police accused the farmers for the violence and three of them have been arrested.

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