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00:00 [Music]
00:06 Hello. Hello.
00:08 What is the reason for your signature in the Gundastha Dupchatham?
00:13 We are in Melma, Thiruvannamalai district.
00:16 In Melma, there are 11 villages around the village,
00:20 we are being informed to stand for the SIP card.
00:23 We got to know about this announcement a year before the notification was given in the paper.
00:31 We told the C.R. Settlement, Jyothi and the district head that our land is being sold for 30% interest.
00:41 We gave the land for 30% interest for the 3174 acres that you mentioned.
00:53 But the Settlement representative did not reply saying that he had received the land.
00:58 The district head said that we are doing a survey and are looking at the land.
01:05 But a year later, in June 2023, they came and notified us that our land is being sold.
01:14 We told them that we are not doing it, so we are doing a survey in Aravalli.
01:19 We are doing a survey in a private place.
01:23 We are continuously supporting the parties, people and associations in our struggle.
01:31 When we were doing the Kathiru struggle,
01:35 they put 11 false cases against us to destroy the struggle.
01:41 They imprisoned us and put a banner on us.
01:45 We are doing this to warn the people that no farmer should do this again.
01:54 What is the reason behind your constant support?
01:58 When I was in the 8th district, we were fighting against the farmers in 5 districts.
02:07 Now we are fighting against this issue.
02:10 I feel that the people who are benefitting from this are pointing me out.
02:17 The atrocities against you were delayed in the registration. Why?
02:21 When the 7 farmers were subjected to the Kundasettam,
02:28 the people were shocked and the opposition parties were spreading hate.
02:36 At that time, they were saying that all of them were doing bloodshed.
02:45 But the Minister Ewa Velu, who played a role in this,
02:51 created a magic to make me feel that I was the one who instigated the farmers.
02:58 He did a job that made me feel alone.
03:02 That is why my Kundasettam was not bloodshed.
03:05 What is the reason behind your struggle?
03:07 We want to restore the agricultural lands.
03:13 We are the last generation farmers.
03:17 The prices of our land are already decreasing.
03:21 If you take the land of Sipkot, our livelihood will be affected.
03:29 We are not giving our land.
03:32 You can take the land where it is not expensive.
03:35 This is our demand.
03:38 If you establish Sipkot, the farmers will get jobs.
03:43 What is the reason behind this?
03:47 Yes, if you establish Sipkot, they will get jobs.
03:51 But where should you establish Sipkot?
03:54 In two to three districts, there is a lot of drought.
03:59 So, establish a Sipkot business center in such areas.
04:04 In Chaiyar, we have a Sipkot business center.
04:10 We have not taken 2800 acres yet.
04:13 1000 acres are still vacant.
04:15 We are not against Sipkot.
04:18 Our demand is that you establish Sipkot in a place where it is not expensive.
04:25 The first thing I want to say is that only 7 acres of land is unsanitary.
04:30 The rest are fertile lands.
04:32 Annari Vazhai was built in 1985.
04:35 Before that, it was a landfill.
04:38 Should we call it Annari Vazhai or a landfill?
04:41 We are calling it Annari Vazhai.
04:43 70-80 years ago, only the fertile lands and the land with water were called unsanitary.
04:51 The rest were fertile lands.
04:53 Fertile lands are considered as landfills.
04:56 We have converted these fertile lands into a landfill by the people's hard work.
05:05 Why don't you take that into account?
05:07 If you take the record of the government 70-80 years ago and say that only 7 acres are unsanitary,
05:14 why don't you come to reality?
05:16 Why don't you come to the field and see?
05:18 That is what we have been saying from the beginning.
05:20 Our hard work has been converted into a landfill by the people's hard work.
05:27 Now, 30 acres are being built.
05:29 We have sent canals and bore wells.
05:31 Our land has been converted into a landfill.
05:34 If you come to the field and see the record, you will know that.
05:39 All the developments that the government has done,
05:44 there will be a need to make some changes.
05:47 There will be a need to make some changes.
05:50 There is a similar situation in this too.
05:52 What is the meaning of 'Samarasam'?
05:54 Is it only about taking the fertile lands?
05:58 Is there no unsanitary land in Tamil Nadu?
06:00 In which do you do 'Samarasam'?
06:02 Do you do 'Samarasam' without eating?
06:04 Do you do 'Samarasam' without eating for 3 meals?
06:06 Tell me.
06:08 Give me an explicit answer.
06:11 Food is not important.
06:13 No one cares about food.
06:14 Can we do 'Samarasam' without eating?
06:17 Can we build a landfill everywhere?
06:19 What is the situation of the farm laws?
06:24 The farm laws are not going to be revoked.
06:29 The laws are still in force.
06:31 You are still protesting.
06:33 Who is behind you?
06:37 We are not protesting.
06:39 We are protesting because we are affected by the landfill.
06:42 The land of the farmers who travelled with us is affected.
06:47 We are protesting for that.
06:49 We are protesting to save our land.
06:52 If you ask us if we are behind this, we will say that we are.
06:56 We are not behind anything.
06:58 We are protesting to save our land.
07:01 We don't need anyone to teach us anything.
07:05 Our land should be protected.
07:07 When there is a protest, there will be economic needs.
07:10 How do you manage the economic needs?
07:12 Who helps you?
07:13 We don't have any economic needs.
07:15 We have a farm in our private land.
07:19 We eat from our village and sit here.
07:23 That's all.
07:24 We don't have any economic needs.
07:28 We don't even have to spend 100 rupees for a day's protest.
07:33 We have to spend that money.
07:36 If we have to spend that money for a protest,
07:41 we can think about the economic needs.
07:44 We don't have that situation.
07:46 What is your request to the Tamil Nadu Government?
07:49 Don't continue to give up agricultural lands.
07:55 We want development.
07:56 Don't give up agricultural lands.
07:58 Don't repeat that we are giving up agricultural lands.
08:04 Take a count of the land that has been converted into farmland.
08:07 Take a count of the land that has been converted into farmland.
08:09 Use the land that is not used by the people.
08:16 You were a part of Stalin's protest.
08:21 He is saying that he doesn't know about you.
08:26 When he was a protestor, he was a part of all the protests against agriculture.
08:38 Before the 2021 elections, he was a part of a protest against the 8th Vizag.
08:52 When we asked him to take our request, he said that he would definitely take our request.
08:57 He said that he would kill the 8th Vizag if we came to the elections.
09:05 But after they established the government,
09:08 they have shown their opposition to all the protests.
09:12 Now they are honest to that.
09:17 You said that they are honest to the government.
09:23 What do you think is behind that?
09:25 I think that the election politics was done by our voters.
09:31 Are you protesting now?
09:37 We are protesting.
09:39 In the past, the police have stolen our protest songs.
09:45 Now, after 15 days, our protest songs are being stolen.
09:57 How many people are stealing your songs?
09:59 150-200 people from a village are stealing our songs.
10:09 Why is Ewa Velaiyan interested in your protest songs?
10:13 He thinks that he is a part of it.
10:19 In the 8th Vizag protest, when the DMK leaders were against the 8th Vizag,
10:29 we saw that he was in favour of the 8th Vizag.
10:35 Before the 2021 elections, 7 MPs from the DMK were in a meeting in Salem.
10:48 Only Annadurai, a MP from Thiruvannamalai, was not present.
10:53 The rest of the 6 MPs were from Congress.
10:57 When we called him for the next meeting, he said that he was against the 8th Vizag.
11:09 When the DMK leaders were against the 8th Vizag,
11:14 he was not the only one who was against it.
11:18 He knew that he was already interested in the 8th Vizag.
11:24 After the 2021 elections, after the DMK leadership,
11:29 Ewa Velayyan started to talk about the 8th Vizag.
11:36 He did not talk about it because of the opposition.
11:40 When the protest against the Zip code was happening in Thiruvannamalai,
11:47 he was doubting whether the income was reduced.
11:52 Because of this, he was doing such things.
12:00 What kind of behaviour did the police have to give in order to protest?
12:05 From the beginning, the police were trying to stop our protest.
12:10 We did not protest suddenly.
12:13 They were trying to be quiet.
12:17 But suddenly, thousands of police officers from different districts
12:23 were coming to the villages and doing things that surprised the people.
12:28 Whenever there was an opportunity, they were continuously
12:32 putting false allegations on us.
12:34 In the last 125 days, the police were acting like a labour force.
12:53 Because we had set up a pandal in our own place.
12:58 But the police did not even know that the pandal was there.
13:05 They sent thousands of police officers to the villages and
13:09 continuously sent them to their homes.
13:12 They even used drones to send them to the villages.
13:17 The police force in Thiruvannamalai has done such things against human rights.
13:26 So, the police force has clearly done a labour force work
13:32 against the politicians and the people.
13:41 You are not from Thiruvannamalai district.
13:44 You are from Krishnagiri.
13:47 The minister does not know that the Thiruvannamalai district is a separate state.
13:58 He is not asking for a visa to come to Thiruvannamalai.
14:01 Because, the law of Thiruvannamalai states that we can come and go as we wish.
14:09 But he is saying that he is coming from Krishnagiri district, which is near by.
14:20 The prime minister has said that he is a Delta person.
14:26 So, did he provoke the farmers who fought in the Delta?
14:30 He has shown support from here when he was fighting in Delhi.
14:35 He has won in Thiruvannamalai and is the minister of Tamil Nadu.
14:40 So, he has no rights.
14:42 The prime minister in Chennai has shown support for the Delta people's fight.
14:48 He has shown support in Delhi.
14:49 Similarly, we are from Krishnagiri district, which is a neighbouring district of Thiruvannamalai.
14:54 We are at the border.
14:56 We are fighting with our friends.
14:59 So, he is trying to isolate me by showing his support.
15:08 He is standing here with a loud voice.
15:11 Because, he is saying that he does not know the political law.
15:16 Usually, the leftists support the fight.
15:20 Do the leftists support your fight?
15:22 If you ask the leftists to support, they should ask why they are not supporting.
15:27 We are fighting as farmers.
15:30 You asked a question earlier about who is behind you.
15:34 Usually, the leftists are behind you.
15:37 Now, the question is that the leftists are not supporting.
15:40 No leftist has come to support our fight.
15:44 But, we are trying to support the leftists.
15:50 We are trying to support them. That is why this arrest happened.
15:57 This is how the problem has spread to the outside world.
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