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Protest against GM crops in Delhi
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Protest
against GM crops in Delhi
The anti-GM
battle in India has
reached a crucial stage - soon, Mahyco, the Indian avataar of Monsanto,
would be walking up to the regulators for permission for the second
[and last] year of large scale trials this Kharif [starting June 2008]
of Bt Brinjal, the first food crop in India and the first such GM
vegetable crop with Bt gene anywhere in the world.
It is in this
context that we invite all
right-thinking, pro-farmer,
concerned citizens to assemble at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on MAY 6TH
2008, for a one-day dharna. If you want the government to take
our
message seriously, you should be there to show that you are against GM
crops too. Please block the date, plan your travel straightaway and
bring as many people as you can to the dharna site. Try to get
signatures of people endorsing a NO GMOs message on a long banner and
we will join all the banners for display during the dharna. Also carry
signature petitions with as many signatures as possible.
Date:
8th May
2008
Place:
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
Name
of the organizer:
Kavitha
Kuruganti
Coalition for
GM Free India,
Centre for
Sustainable Agriculture
12-13-445,
Street # 1, Tarnaka
Secunderabad
500 017
www.csa-india.org; www.indiagminfo.org
