Farmers Movement Archive

Nitish: Farm Bills to benefit farmers

PATNA: Chief minister (CM) Nitish Kumar on Thursday said the situation in Bihar was quite different from other parts of the country as far as implementation of the farm Bills is concerned. Describing the Bills passed by the Parliament as beneficial for the farmers, Nitish said Bihar initiated the step in this regard way back in 2006. “The rest of the country is proceeding on the same path which the state had done much earlier,” he told media persons. The CM clarified that the procurement of agriculture produce is done in the state through PACS. Before the NDA government in Bihar, which came to power in November 2005, there was no provision for procurement of farm produce. “The new system was adopted in 2006 for the first time,” he said, adding the election of PACS functionaries is properly conducted. Earlier, the CM interacted with workers of the party for the third consecutive day on Thursday. Nitish, who was accompanied by state assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, held one to one meeting with party workers, who had gathered in large numbers to seek tickets for the upcoming assembly polls. Sources said Nitish got feedback from the workers about the sitting MLAs of the party, people’s perception about their performance in the last five years and above all the winability of the prospective candidates. He also sought to know about the new faces from their respective constituencies, who may replace the sitting legislators. Some workers favoured allotment of tickets to young candidates. “The CM listened to every worker and also wanted to know the reason for fielding young netas,” a senior JD(U) functionary said. JD(U) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad said, “Since elections are round the corner, it is imperative for the party chief to seek opinion from workers. Moreover, there are some workers who wanted to share their feelings with the party chief ahead of the polls.”

The Times of India

2020-09-25

Patna