Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said PM Narendra Modi government is serious on the problem of farmers while Bharatiya Kisan Union told center government stand is not clear on the issue of farmers.
Yogi reacted of the farmers protes and said for the first time since independence, farmers came into the agenda of a government which is evident from the work done by BJP govt in the past 4.5 years for farmers. BJP government led by PM Narendra Modi solved all the issues of the farmers.
“Govt didn’t clear its stand on the main issue of the farmers C2+50. That is why the farmers are unsatisfied. It didn’t clear its stand even on the other main issue of loan waiver. They said they will discuss it in detail” Yudhvir Singh, Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson.
He said we had a discussion on 11 points. Govt agreed on 7 points but didn’t agree on 4 points yet. They said they will have to think about those meetings in a further meeting after which they will tell us, as it is a financial matter.
BKU leaders on Tuesday said that their meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over farmers’ demands was “satisfactory” and that seven of their nine demands were accepted, while the Centre was non-committal on loan waiver and higher MSP.
The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) is expected to take a decision on calling off its 10-day long protest after its Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday evening.
BKU General Secretary Yudhvir Singh led a 15-member delegation to meet the Home Minister at his official residence here, which was attended by Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
“However, the government is silent on our demand for loan waiver, saying that the states had to take a decision at their level. Also, it said that fixation of MSP (Minimum Support Price) based on ‘C2’ input factor as per the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations will be done in future,” Singh told.
The government said that it had taken one step forward by announcing MSP based on ‘A2 +FL’ formula, Singh added.
Discussions were held to see how the demands can be met, said Shekhawat, who later proceeded to the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border to meet the protesting farmers who had clashed with police after they were denied entry to Delhi.
Talking to the media here, the farmer leader said that the government had admitted to “flaws” that created problems for farmers while selling their produce in markets and availing benefits under farm-related schemes.
He also condemned police lathicharge on protesting farmers on the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border.
“It is undemocratic. It is unprecedented. The government should not have lathicharged the farmers. Everyone has the right to express their views,” Yudhvir Singh said.
The protest by thousands of farmers turned violent on the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border on Tuesday as they tried to break through barricades or run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water cannons and tear gas to disperse them.
