Central government’s offer of MSP on 5 crops misleading: BKU collections
Chandigarh, February 20, 2024-Bharti Kisan Union Ekta-Ugrahan against three BJP leaders against three BJP leaders as a coordinated struggle with the farmers standing on Haryana borders for legal guarantee of beneficial MSP for all crops and debt relief. Toll-free dharnas at 23 places in 13 districts continued with vigor for the third day today.
Giving this information, the president of the organization Joginder Singh Ugrahan and general secretary Sukhdev Singh Kokri Kalan said that according to the sad news received during today’s dharna, tributes were paid to the young farmer Narendra Pal who was continuously participating in the Patiala Moti Mahal dharna.
Yesterday, during the meeting with farmers’ leaders, the Union Ministers’ offer of 5-year contract with government procurement agencies to guarantee the purchase of only 5 crops at MSP by limiting the rightful demand of farmers to crop diversity instead of paddy was termed as misleading. has been given.
He has alleged that through this proposal, the government is making a deceitful political move to cover the same contract-market black law, which was repealed along with the other two black laws through the popular Delhi Kisan Ghol, because earlier also the illegal conditions of such purchase contract parameters. They have been neutralized by dying. The proposal of MSP formula A2+FL is also a fraud against farmers’ interests.
In this regard, the United Farmers’ Front demands that the law for fixing the profitable MSP of all 23 crops and guaranteeing full purchase according to the C2 + 50% formula should be passed immediately by calling a special session of the Parliament, just like when the three black agricultural laws were repealed. It was called on the demand of farmers.
Further, in order to raise the full amount in the budget for the purchase of crops, the loan waiver of several lakhs of crores of corporates should be canceled every year and heavy direct taxes should be levied on usurers including the big feudal lords. He said that the government will not be allowed to run away from the written promises made regarding farmers’ demands on that occasion.
Addressing today’s dharna, Jhanda Singh Jethuke, Shingara Singh Mann, Roop Singh Chhannan, Jagtar Singh Kalajhar, Janak Singh Bhutal, Hardeep Singh Tallewal and Harinder Kaur Bindu and other state/district/block level farmers leaders reprimanded the Modi government. That the farmers will be able to breathe only after paying the account of the burning demands of the farmers.
The other demands of the present struggle were complete debt relief of the farmers, full justice to the heirs of the martyrs of Lakhimpur, implementation of universal public distribution system, full reimbursement crop insurance scheme, compensation and jobs to the heirs of the martyrs of Kisan Ghol and these martyrs. Emphasized on the creation of a national memorial.
They strongly condemned the dictatorial actions of the central and Haryana governments of the BJP like tearing down the constitutional democratic right of farmers to struggle, apart from tear gas, lathi charge and firing by drones, removing walls on the roads, building walls and blocking the internet.
There was also a strong demand that India be kicked out of the World Trade Organization at the root of its pro-imperial predatory policies, as its policies were destroying the working farmers and rural culture across the country. Under these policies, all the public institutions like health, education, electricity of the public sector are being sold to foreign imperial corporates like Adani Ambani at a bargain price.
The Modi government must read the writing on the wall through the history of the sacrifices of the farmers that government repression cannot stop the struggling caravans from moving forward, rather this repression becomes the food of the struggles. The leaders said that our struggle will continue even after making all kinds of sacrifices and will force the Modi government to accept the rightful demands of the farmers-labourers.
The farmer leaders said that even today farm workers, industrial workers, employees, teachers, contract workers, students participated in the sit-ins and the leaders addressed.
About The Author
