Activists protesting as part of the ‘Corporates, Quit India’ agitation in Mysuru on Monday.
| Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram
Several activists belonging to farmers’ outfits and trade unions courted arrest by marching towards the city railway station in Mysuru on Monday as part of their ‘Corporates, Quit India’ agitation.The agitation organised jointly by the Samyukta Horata Karnataka and the Joint Committee of Trade Unions to mark the historic ‘Quit India’ movement’s anniversary was aimed at opposing “forcible and unjust land acquisition and corporate land grabbing, and the anti-worker revision of minimum wages.”The representatives of farmers’ outfits and trade unions gathered at the Nanjaraj Bahadur Choultry in the city before marching towards the city railway station. However, the police prevented them from going ahead with their programme to lay siege to the railway station and took them into custody. They were, however, released later.Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) leader Badagalapura Nagendra, Mysuru district secretary of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha Jagadish Surya, KRRS leaders Hosuru Kumar, besides leaders from the CITU, the Anganwadi Employees’ Organisation, the Janavadi Mahila Sangha, the DSS and other organisations participated in the agitation.The agitation in Mysuru was part of the ‘Jail Bharo’ agitation held at district headquarters across the country under the slogan ‘Corporates, Quit India’.The organisations opposed to forcible and unjust land acquisition and corporate land grabbing, and the anti-worker revision of minimum wages, demanded the repeal of the VB-G RAM G Act, the Electricity Amendment Act, 2025, the Seed Act, the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing and the four Labour Codes.They also demanded legislation guaranteeing Minimum Support Price for farmers’ agricultural produce as recommended by M.S. Swaminathan, a complete waiver on all forms of loans for farmers and agricultural labourers, besides the enactment of a Debt Relief Act.They seek legislation guaranteeing a statutory minimum wage sufficient to meet basic living needs and the implementation of women’s reservation in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.The organisations have also called for effective measures to control the rising prices of essential commodities, including fertilizers and diesel, and to curb growing privatisation and corporate exploitation in all sectors. They have demanded an end to the privatisation of banking, insurance, healthcare, and education, and have called for drought-relief measures across the State.A statement by the organisers said people are already struggling under the impact of the economic crisis and the enormous price rise and hardships caused by recent imperialist wars and military aggression. They are being burdened with heavy taxation. The recent Budgets, the organisations alleged, have become instruments for extracting money from the people while filling the coffers of corporate companies. Published - August 10, 2026 07:16 pm IST
