Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi: Thousands of farmers from across the country, who have come to the national capital to press for their demands, including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce, have reached Jantar Mantar. Addressing the farmers congress president Rahul Gandhi attack on PM Narendra Modi and said today there are two issues in front of India. The fight is for youth and farmers’ futures. BJP, Modiji has waived 3 and half lakh crore of loans of his rich friends.
We are only talking about justice. If their loans can be waived, then the farmers’ loans will be waived. India’s farmers aren’t asking for gifts. He is asking only his due.
” Prime Minister said you’ll get bonus, MSP, and what happened today? All your money goes to Anil Ambani’s pocket” Rahul said.
He said farmers aren’t asking for Ambani’s aircraft. If you can wave their loans, then you should waive farmer loans.
We are with you. You feed the nation. You wake up at 4 am and give your blood to the nation. Whatever you say, we will do that Rahul assured the farmers.
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Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a fraud. The Bima Yojana owners take out money from farmers’ accounts. They took out thousands of crores and when crops are destroyed, they added conditions. This isnt Bima Yojana. This is bjp’s dacoit yojana (daka yojana)
Waive all farmer loans
Farmers should get the full price of their crops. All parties here say Swaminathan Commission report should be implemented. Farmers don’t want charity, but their due. If farmers get their due, they wont come back again. They will take care of their dues the next time.
Government should buy crops if no one is buying them.
The country where a farmer himself is suffering with hunger, that country can never prosper.
In our border, jawan is unhappy. In country, farmer is unhappy. That you had to march to Delhi to be heard is sad.
BJP said they will implement Swaminathan Commission report. They’ll give 100 Rs. profit or 50. Affidavit has been submitted in court now that the report can’t be implemented, there can’t be any greater betrayal than this
The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), which claims to be an umbrella body of 207 organisations of farmers and agricultural workers, said over a lakh are expected to reach the Ramlila ground today. Many of the farmers came in trains and other packed into buses and other modes of transport, it said.
Over 3,500 police personnel have deployed to ensure security at the event. As many as 850 police personnel, up to the rank of sub-inspectors, have been deployed in the Central district. They will be augmented by the presence of 12 police companies, including two of women, comprising 75-80 personnel each, a police official said.
The last time when the farmers protested in Delhi on October 2, they were met with barricades, water cannons and even tear gas shells. This time, the leaders of the movement are hoping for cooperation from authorities.
Farmers march in Delhi for loan waiver, higher crop prices
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Denied permission by police to march to Parliament, around 35,000 farmers from across the country have converged near Parliament Street Police station in the national capital on Friday, where their leaders addressed the protesters.
The national secretary of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), Asish Mittal, said farmers from 24 states have also joined the protest to press for their demands, including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce.
The farmers, who have been camping at the Ramlila ground here since Thursday, began their march to Parliament Street around 10.30 am amid heavy policy deployment.
They were stopped near Parliament Street police station, after which they assembled there.
Over 3,500 police personnel have been deployed on the route of the march. According to a senior police officer, special arrangements have been made in Central and New Delhi police districts.
Farmers from different parts of the country, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal converged at the Ramlila ground on Thursday.
Banded under the AIKSCC, which claims to be an umbrella body of 207 organisations of farmers and agricultural workers, many farmers arrived in the city on Thursday, on trains, buses and other modes of transport.
About 1,200 members of the National South Indian River Interlinking Agriculturalists Association reached the national capital in the early hours of Thursday carrying skulls of two of their colleagues who had committed suicide, their leader P Ayyakannu said.
The group from Tamil Nadu had threatened to march naked if they are not allowed to go to Parliament on Friday.
They had last year staged protests at Jantar Mantar with the skulls of eight farmers who killed themselves owing to losses.
The AIKSCC has claimed that the two-day rally will be one of the largest congregations of farmers in Delhi.
Five gurdwaras in the Delhi region have extended their help to the farmers. Also, students from various universities turned out in large numbers to lend support to the farmers. The protest also saw participation of a number of women farmers who travelled from various parts of the country.
Volunteers, including doctors, lawyers, professors and artists, all came out in large numbers to help the farmers. Around 600-700 volunteers of a solidarity group ‘Nation For Farmers’ marched with the protesters from the four assembly points.
The AIKSCC was formed under the aegis of All India Kisan Sabha and other Left-affiliated farmers’ bodies in June, 2017, following protests by farmers in states such as Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh for debt relief and remunerative prices.
