Kisan Congress chief writes to PM Modi, says Centre ‘betrayed’ farmers
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NEW DELHI: Accusing the Centre of getting “betrayed” the farmers, the All India Kisan Congress on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the “plight” of the tillers and reiterating the demand for the authorized assure for MSP for all crops.
The Congress’ unit for farmers additionally reiterated the demand for the dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the discharge of “innocent” farmers imprisoned within the case, withdrawal of “fake cases” registered in opposition to farmers in varied states throughout the farmers’ agitation and compensation to households of the deceased farmers.
In his letter to Prime Minister Modi, All India Kisan Congress (AIKC) president Sukhpal Singh Khaira mentioned it’s virtually one yr since tens of 1000’s of farmers lifted their sit-in and suspended their agitation in December 2021 following the PM’s assurance and withdrawal of three farm legal guidelines.
“Besides the withdrawal of three legal guidelines, farmers have been promised another urgent points, that are issues of life and loss of life for them. But nothing has been completed about these calls for thus far.
Farmers have been left with no possibility, however to stage a protest on December 9 in New Delhi because the Central authorities has thus far not taken any confidence-building initiative,” Khaira mentioned.
Speaking to reporters, Khaira mentioned the Centre has not taken any concrete step within the course of fulfilling the guarantees made on the time of the withdrawal of three “anti-farmer” legal guidelines.
He reiterated the demand for the authorized assure for MSP for all crops and mentioned that MSP needs to be assured utilizing the C2+50 per cent components, primarily based on the advice of the Swaminathan Commission report.
In his letter, the AIKC chief demanded that the committee constituted by the Centre for this objective needs to be dismissed, and a brand new committee needs to be constituted with due illustration of farmers and farmer organisations.
He additionally demanded that the speed of curiosity on farmers’ loans be lowered by no less than 50 per cent and loans of farm labourers be utterly written off.
Khaira additionally demanded the implementation of a farmer pension scheme of Rs 5,000 per thirty days for all small, medium and marginal farmers and farm labourers.
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Centre of getting “betrayed” the farmers, the All India Kisan Congress on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the “plight” of the tillers and reiterating the demand for the authorized assure for MSP for all crops.
The Congress’ unit for farmers additionally reiterated the demand for the dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the discharge of “innocent” farmers imprisoned within the case, withdrawal of “fake cases” registered in opposition to farmers in varied states throughout the farmers’ agitation and compensation to households of the deceased farmers.
In his letter to Prime Minister Modi, All India Kisan Congress (AIKC) president Sukhpal Singh Khaira mentioned it’s virtually one yr since tens of 1000’s of farmers lifted their sit-in and suspended their agitation in December 2021 following the PM’s assurance and withdrawal of three farm legal guidelines.
“Besides the withdrawal of three legal guidelines, farmers have been promised another urgent points, that are issues of life and loss of life for them. But nothing has been completed about these calls for thus far.
Farmers have been left with no possibility, however to stage a protest on December 9 in New Delhi because the Central authorities has thus far not taken any confidence-building initiative,” Khaira mentioned.
Speaking to reporters, Khaira mentioned the Centre has not taken any concrete step within the course of fulfilling the guarantees made on the time of the withdrawal of three “anti-farmer” legal guidelines.
He reiterated the demand for the authorized assure for MSP for all crops and mentioned that MSP needs to be assured utilizing the C2+50 per cent components, primarily based on the advice of the Swaminathan Commission report.
In his letter, the AIKC chief demanded that the committee constituted by the Centre for this objective needs to be dismissed, and a brand new committee needs to be constituted with due illustration of farmers and farmer organisations.
He additionally demanded that the speed of curiosity on farmers’ loans be lowered by no less than 50 per cent and loans of farm labourers be utterly written off.
Khaira additionally demanded the implementation of a farmer pension scheme of Rs 5,000 per thirty days for all small, medium and marginal farmers and farm labourers.
