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Dr. Vijoo Krishnan is an Indian peasant leader, writer on Agrarian Issues and General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha. He is a central committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is one of the key organisers of Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan (Movement for Land Rights). Vijoo played instrumental role in the peasant agitations against the ‘Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020; the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Service Bill, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020. He called the three farm laws as anti-famers and perpetuating “corporate profiteering” and “corporate loot” in the agrarian sector.