Farmers Movement Archive

Rajasthan Congress to start ‘Kisan Sanvad’ to support protesting farmers

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Congress would begin a state-wide movement from Monday in support of the farmers agitating against the three farm laws implemented by the BJP-led Centre government. The movement would be called "Kisan Samvad" and launched on the Congress foundation day, which is December 28. AICC general secretary in-charge of Rajasthan Ajay Maken said the Congress would not relent until the three laws were withdrawn. Maken, who is on a two-day state visit, was speaking at the dialogue with media held at the CM residence to mark two years of Congress government in Rajasthan. Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra and the council of ministers were present at the event. Maken said the farm laws were an attack on the minimum support price (MSP) system, which was crucial to the farmers. "MSP helps price fixation, it helps in deciding about buffer stocks time of calamities and it feeds the public distribution system," said Maken. The AICC leader alleged that the attack on MSP system was benefit PM Narendra Modi’s capitalist friends. Talking to TOI, Maken later said the long-pending PCC appointments would be completed by December 31 as declared earlier. "New PCC office-bearers will be deputed to build the organisation at the district and block levels," Maken said. PCC chief Dotasra said, "The party would take the state government’s welfare schemes to the common man in rural areas." Highlighting the state government’s achievements, Dotasra said farmers’ VCR problem in agriculture power bills were resolved and ban on digging tube-wells and wells was lifted. "There was no major agitation in the past two years, which shows our government has fulfilled the people’s expectations," Dotasra said.

The Times of India

2020-12-26

Jaipur