AC Varkey fought for farmers' rights
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AC Varkey fought for farmers' rights

Deccan Chronicle  

KOZHIKODE: A.C. Varkey, who died at a private hospital here on Saturday, was a crusader for farmers’ rights for the last many decades. Exempting Neera from the Abkari Act was a long-pending demand of Farmers’ Relief Forum founded by Varkey which materialised only in 2014. “Varkey was arrested, tortured and persecuted for almost a decade for leading the agitation for the rights of farmers over Neera,” Rajan Poothadi said. As farmer, leader Varkey led ‘Farmers’ Relief Forum’ Farmers’ leader A.C. Varkey, 62, chief patron and former chairman of Farmers’ Relief Forum, died at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Saturday.

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