Farmers Movement Archive

Himachal farm group to oppose BJP in bypolls

Shimla: Himachal Kisan Sabha has announced to oppose the BJP in the byelections of one parliamentary and three assembly seats in the state. Himachal Kisan Sabha state president Kuldeep Singh Tanwar said inflation had hits its peak, but the government was not willing to give a fair price to farmers for their crop. Tanwar said apple growers in Jubbal-Kotkhai did not even get a fair price for their crop. He said apple was produced in 45 blocks of the state and Jubbal-Kotkhai division under Shimla district was the largest producer of apple, but the crop was hit by natural calamities. He said farmers were not able to even recover the cost of production, but the government did not compensate their loss due to the natural calamity or took action over the fall in prices of apples. “On the contrary, the CM’s statement came that now the apple season is over, so it is not an issue,” he claimed. He said the problem of procurement still persisted in Mand area of Fatehpur. He said Kisan Sabha and Mand Sanyukt Kisan Sangharsh Samiti had raised the demand to open five procurement centres in Fatehpur and Indora in Kangra district, but despite the announcement of three procurement centres by the government, the sale of paddy crop had not started smoothly.

The Times of India

2021-10-10

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