The women were resisting some private firms from allegedly taking over their farmlands in Nagaon districtThe Congress in Assam slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government for alleged police brutality on the State’s women farmers for resisting the takeover of their farmlands. Reports from Bamuni Mikirgaon in central Assam’s Nagaon district said the police cane-charged some women who were protesting the government’s bid to evict them from their farmlands on December 29. The government allegedly wants the land to be handed over to some private firms, they villagers said. “At a time when the entire country has been standing with the farmers, the BJP government in Assam has started violent attacks on farmers without even sparing the women in Nagaon,” Congress spokesperson Bobbeeta Sarma said on Thursday. The district police, however, blamed the farmers for the violence.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2020 19:30 UTC