Farmers Movement Archive

Deepender demands withdrawal of agri ordinances

Rohtak: Demanding immediate withdrawal of the three ordinances pertaining to the agriculture sector, Rajya Sabha member Deepender Singh Hooda on Sunday said these laws are anti-farmer and will ruin the agrarian community. Addressing a press conference, Deepender said the Farmer’s (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Ordinance, 2020, which deals with contract farming, would trap the farmer in a poverty cycle and he would become a labourer in his own farm. He said that the Centre has issued a contract farming guideline that does not mention the minimum support price (MSP) of crops anywhere. He said in the constituent assembly, his grandfather Ranbir Singh Hooda was the first to raise the issue of MSP and “now, I will raise the voice of farmers in Parliament”. Speaking on the issue of unemployment, Deepender said the situation has become frightening as currently, 33.6% youth of the state are facing unemployment. “Unfortunately, the state has surpassed all other states of the country in terms of unemployment, including UP and Bihar. And this is when Haryana is surrounded by the national capital from three sides,” he added. Further slamming the state’s BJP-JJP government, Deepender said while on the one hand unemployment is increasing, on the other, crime rate is soaring like never before. “Every day there are reports of murder, robbery and theft from across the state, especially from Rohtak, Sonepat, Jhajjar, Bhiwani and Jind. The NCRB figures for the year 2018 show that three to four murders, four rapes and 14 kidnappings occurred every day,” he added.

The Times of India

2020-07-20

Chandigarh