Farmers Movement Archive

Bengal tour proves stir is political: BJP

Chandigarh: The farce that farmers’ agitation was non-political was over with the decision of farmer organisations to campaign in West Bengal elections, BJP national spokesperson Iqbal Singh Lalpura said on Sunday. Speaking at the Punjab BJP headquarters, former IPS officer Lalpura said farmers were being misled by many organisations, like the ‘Rajewal & Co’, who for their vested interests were ruining prosperous prospects of the agricultural sector. The government in its 11 rounds of talks had promised repeatedly that it could give assurance for the minimum support price (MSP) and other issues could be resolved but these leaders were not willing to address pertinent issues and were insisting on withdrawing new farm laws. “No companies are going to take away the land of farmers. MSP will be given. So why are these leaders misleading farmers?” he saids. He said these farmers’ organisations should actually explain who they were helping — the Congress or the Communist Party. He said it was a fact now that the Delhi borders were not drawing crowds and these farm leaders were aware that people were realising that it was a political movement. tnn

The Times of India

2021-03-15

Chandigarh