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No difference between BJP and Congress in Rajasthan: farmer leader Amra Ram

Issues related to peoples' daily lives should be discussed in politics and not temples and mosques, says Amra Ram, who is the CPIM's candidate in Danta Ramgarh assembly constituency.

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Archis Mohan | Business Standard
Farmer leader Amra Ram is a four-time MLA, vice president of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), and a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate in the Rajasthan elections from Danta Ramgarh assembly constituency in Sikar district.

On June 6, 2017, six farmers were killed in police firing in Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh. The incident sparked farm protests across India. The first successful protest, after Mandsaur, that inspired farmers across the country was in Rajasthan’s Shekhawati region. Its leader was Amra Ram.

Ram told Archis Mohan that the farmers’ movement in Rajasthan forced Vasundhara Raje government to announce a loan waiver, but

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