Featured Image: Ayyakannu on a protest against the farm laws (File photo)
Ayyakannu, the head of the Desiya Thenidhiya Nathigal Inaippu Vivasayigal Sangam, protested outside the Tamil Nadu secretariat on April 6 for failing to countermand the Aravakurichi and Thiruvannamalai elections.
Ayyakannu said that the police declined to let him file his election nomination as they were “half-naked”. Ayyakannu had reportedly staged a “nude protest” against the Centre’s farm laws. When they brought the matter up with the Chief Election Commissioner, he advised them to go to court.
Ayyakannu further added that if the farm laws are enforced in India, corporate companies will only market Genetically Modified Crops in Tamil Nadu. These GM crops can hasten male impotency and female sterilisation, he said. He also argued that the increase in divorce cases in Tamil Nadu is due to these GM crops.
However, the farm legislations passed by the Parliament had nothing to do with genetically modified crops. The three farm laws were enacted solely to encourage farmers to sell their produce to any buyer they prefer, rather than having them sell it only at APMC mandis.
This was highlighted by twitter account named Krishna Kumar Murugan.
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புதிய வேளான் சட்டம் நடைமுறைக்கு வந்தால் மரபணு மாற்றப்பட்ட விதை வந்துவிடுமாம்.
நூறு வழக்குல இருபது விவாகரத்து வழக்கு ஆண்மை குறைபாட்டால் நடக்குதாம். அதுக்கு காரணம் மரபணு மாற்றப்பட்ட விதையாம். pic.twitter.com/TO8WjbFabr
— Krishna Kumar Murugan (@ikkmurugan) April 7, 2021
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