Talks between opium farmers, minister fail
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Talks between opium farmers, minister fail
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Jaipur: The negotiations between the Bhartiya Afeem Kisan Sangarsh Samiti (BAKS), a body of opium farmers from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Choudhary over changes in Opium Policy 2021-22 has failed in Delhi.The opium farmers who met Chaudhary in Delhi last evening has declared to continue the ongoing strike in Chittorgarh and Neemuch until their demands, including the minimum productivity of 5.9-kilogram morphine per hectare of land, are dropped. BAKS is headquartered in Chittorgarh. Here farmers from opium producers’ districts are staging protests from October 25.Mangilal Bilot, president of BAKS, said that the junior minister has just given assurances but not concrete promises to resolve our issues. “The meeting with the minister was our final effort until we declare our strike indefinite like farmers are protesting against the three farm laws,” said Bilot.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-11-17
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Jaipur