NE NEWS SERVICE
TIRUVARUR, DEC 20
The Federation of All Farmers Associations, Tamil Nadu has called upon farmers to take part in the agitation against the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) organised by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Chennai on December 23.
Federation President P.R.Pandian said that there was no provision in the CAA to award citizenship to Muslims and Sri Lankan Tamils.
Opposing the Act passed by the BJP with the majority enjoyed in the Parliament, the DMK has called for an agitation at Chennai on December 23 and had also extended an invitation to the Farmers Federation to take part in the agitation.
The Federation appeals the farmers in the State to converge at Chennai on December 23 and to record their protest against the CAA by taking part in the DMK agitation, he added.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party, Thanjavur district unit, organised a meeting here on Friday to condemn the attitude of the Opposition parties in projecting the provisions of the CAA wrongly to the public.
BJP State general secretary Karuppu Muruganandam presided over the meeting.
