Via PTI
NEW DELHI: Accusing the Centre of getting “betrayed” the farmers, the All India Kisan Congress on Tuesday wrote to High Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the “plight” of the tillers and reiterating the call for for the felony ensure for MSP for all plants.
The Congress’ unit for farmers additionally reiterated the call for for the dismissal of Union Minister of State for House Ajay Mishra Teni over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the discharge of “blameless” farmers imprisoned within the case, withdrawal of “pretend instances” registered in opposition to farmers in more than a few states all through the farmers’ agitation and reimbursement to households of the deceased farmers.
In his letter to High Minister Modi, All India Kisan Congress (AIKC) president Sukhpal Singh Khaira stated it’s virtually 365 days since tens of hundreds of farmers lifted their sit-in and suspended their agitation in December 2021 following the PM’s assurance and withdrawal of 3 farm regulations.
“But even so the withdrawal of 3 regulations, farmers had been promised any other urgent problems, which might be issues of lifestyles and dying for them. However not anything has been performed about the ones calls for to this point.
Farmers were left and not using a choice, however to level a protest on December 9 in New Delhi because the Central govt has to this point no longer taken any confidence-building initiative,” Khaira stated.
Chatting with journalists, Khaira stated the Centre has no longer taken any concrete step within the route of pleasant the guarantees made on the time of the withdrawal of 3 “anti-farmer” regulations.
He reiterated the call for for the felony ensure for MSP for all plants and stated that MSP will have to be assured the usage of the C2+50 in line with cent components, in keeping with the advice of the Swaminathan Fee record.
In his letter, the AIKC leader demanded that the committee constituted by means of the Centre for this objective will have to be disregarded, and a brand new committee will have to be constituted with due illustration of farmers and farmer organisations.
He additionally demanded that the interest rate on farmers’ loans be lowered by means of a minimum of 50 in line with cent and loans of farm labourers be totally 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 High Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the “plight” of the tillers and reiterating the call for for the felony ensure for MSP for all plants.
The Congress’ unit for farmers additionally reiterated the call for for the dismissal of Union Minister of State for House Ajay Mishra Teni over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the discharge of “blameless” farmers imprisoned within the case, withdrawal of “pretend instances” registered in opposition to farmers in more than a few states all through the farmers’ agitation and reimbursement to households of the deceased farmers.
In his letter to High Minister Modi, All India Kisan Congress (AIKC) president Sukhpal Singh Khaira stated it’s virtually 365 days since tens of hundreds of farmers lifted their sit-in and suspended their agitation in December 2021 following the PM’s assurance and withdrawal of 3 farm regulations.
“But even so the withdrawal of 3 regulations, farmers had been promised any other urgent problems, which might be issues of lifestyles and dying for them. However not anything has been performed about the ones calls for to this point.
Farmers were left and not using a choice, however to level a protest on December 9 in New Delhi because the Central govt has to this point no longer taken any confidence-building initiative,” Khaira stated.
Chatting with journalists, Khaira stated the Centre has no longer taken any concrete step within the route of pleasant the guarantees made on the time of the withdrawal of 3 “anti-farmer” regulations.
He reiterated the call for for the felony ensure for MSP for all plants and stated that MSP will have to be assured the usage of the C2+50 in line with cent components, in keeping with the advice of the Swaminathan Fee record.
In his letter, the AIKC leader demanded that the committee constituted by means of the Centre for this objective will have to be disregarded, and a brand new committee will have to be constituted with due illustration of farmers and farmer organisations.
He additionally demanded that the interest rate on farmers’ loans be lowered by means of a minimum of 50 in line with cent and loans of farm labourers be totally 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.