Jammu
|
|
|
| | Farmers to start nation wide stir from Aug 20 : BJP | | | JAMMU, Aug 16: The Bharatiya Janta Party’s Kisan Morcha has decided to start a nation-wide stir protesting against increasing prices of fertilizers and failure of center government in granting adequate relief for drought hit farmers, said National President Kisan Morcha Om Prakash Dhankar while addressing media here today.
Dhankar said that on August 20 the farmers from all over the country will get together at Jantar-Mantar in Delhi. Supporting these farmers would be national BJP president Nitin Gadkari and former union minister Rajnath Singh who will sit on dharna. While farmers will take to street, BJP Parliamentarians will fight this battle in the Parliament, said Dhankar.
Dhankar said changed fertilizer policy has taken away commodity far from the hands of a farmer. Fertilizer is the main input for farmers after water and seeds. Spiraling prices of chemical fertilizers have proved taxing for the farmers. The prices of DAP (Diammonium Phosphate) have increased by 2.5 times since 2010, prices of MOP (Murrieta of Potash) have increased by 3.75 times and prices of SSP (Single Super Phosphate) doubled. De-control over prices of fertilizer and new nutrition based subsidy too has led to difficult availability of these fertilizers.
He also demanded present nutrition based subsidy policy should be suspended and the increased prices be rolled back, continuation of control policy on urea and all state be provided fertilizers as per their demands so that farmers do not face any shortage.
Dhankar said center government should immediately release interim installment of relief to all the states without any prejudice. He said that in drought hit areas, interest on agriculture loan should be abolished and loan repayment be stopped till the next crop.
It was demanded that free seeds be provided in areas where sowing has failed or got delayed due to weak monsoon and also adequate arrangements be made for animal fodder.
The requirement of power supply to agriculture sector should be fulfilled on priority basis. Farmers of drought hit areas should be paid Rs 10000 per acre and special packages be given to the drought hit states. Also due to paucity of rains, in the canal irrigated areas, the canals are run to full capacity to ensure adequate water supply to the tail end areas, he demanded.
He was flanked by National Secretary Kissan Morcha & J&K Prabhari S. Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, Kissan Morcha State President Karan Singh and Kissan Morcha National Executive Member S. Charanjit Singh Khalsa. |
|
|
|
|
Comment on this Story |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|