The General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee, former Union Minister, former President of Haryana Congress, and in-charge of Uttarakhand Kumari Selja said that regarding the farmer’s movement, the central government is claiming that MSP has been increased on 22 crops to ensure a 50% return on costs, if this is the case, then why are farmers not benefiting from it. When farmers are demanding their rights by marching to Delhi, the Haryana government has turned the state into a battlefield and prison.
She said that in democracy, the people are the greatest power, which can also show the way out of power. In a statement released to the media, Kumari Selja said that the Modi government has misled farmers by promising MSP guarantee for two years. When farmers marched to demand their rights, The Haryana government exerted all its power to stop them. The Alliance, which claims to be pro-farmer, has turned the state into a battlefield, building jails everywhere for farmers. What does the BJP want by oppressing farmers? She said that the biggest loss of the internet shutdown is being borne by the students, their education is being affected, and people’s work, especially online businesses, is coming to a halt. Blocking commercial vehicles has led to a sharp increase in prices of fruits, vegetables, and other food items, especially affecting the poor. The government has imposed a ban on all democratic and constitutional rights of the people. The government is bent on complete dictatorship.
Now, the government is giving its clarification on the farmer’s movement, saying that it has increased MSP on 22 crops to ensure a 50% return on costs. If this has happened, then why are farmers not benefiting from it? The government claims that it has increased the agriculture budget five times in the last 10 years. If so, why are farmers not benefiting from it? The government is claiming to expand the coverage of crop insurance under the Prime Minister’s Fasal Bima Yojana, while insurance companies are refusing to compensate farmers for damaged crops. Compensation for crops damaged by floods, heavy rains, and hailstorms in the state has not been given to farmers.
Sometimes talks of special assistance are made, but this assistance has not been provided to farmers yet. Kumari Selja said that both the state and central governments are ignoring farmers from the beginning, so farmers are forced to protest repeatedly. The government must listen to the farmers. Selja warned the government that if the problems of farmers are not resolved in time, then surely there will be adverse consequences before the BJP government.
