Activists of Marxist Coordination Committee along with the members of trade union Bihar Colliery Kamgar Union, on Monday staged a demonstration near the district headquarters at Randhir Verma Chowk demanding an independent probe into Father Swamy’s death under judicial custody.

The protesters led by Hari Prasad Pappu, district president of Marxist Coordination Committee also expressed their ire over the three farm bills brought by Central Government as part of their demonstration and termed the changes in the labour code made by the central government as anti-labour.

The agitated workers who shouted slogans against the Central Government also expressed their ire over the hike in fuel prices and resultant price rise of essential food items including mustard oil affecting each and every family.

Talking to The Telegraph Online, Pappu said, “No action has been taken in connection with the death of Father Stan Swamy, a tribal right activist who became the victim of a politically motivated probe against him.”

“What was the need to arrest such a philanthropic person who had even been denied even basic facilities and due medical attention leading to his death,” said Pappu.

“The farm laws brought by the central government are totally against the interest of the farmers and aimed to benefit the corporate houses,” said Pappu.

“The farm bills as brought by the central government will allow private parties to hoard essentials items by purchasing them instead of the government authorised agents as per the earlier practice,” said Bhushan Mahto, one of the protesters, and demanded immediate lifting of all false cases lodged against the agitating farmers and social workers during the course of their agitation against the farm bills.

“We demand immediate repealing of all three farm bills and waive off all loans of farmers,”said Vivek Kumar another agitator and demanded the government provide legal status to minimum support price for foodgrains.

The protesters also expressed their anger over the denial of reservation to the people of deprived sections of society and charged that the central government has denied the opportunity to more than 11,000 candidates of Other Backward Caster to become doctors in the last four years by making clandestine changes in the reservation provisions.