Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers protest during PM’s speech

“While the farmers demand government investment in agriculture infrastructure and food processing, the government refuses to help farmers’ development and plans to spend crores of rupees to help corporates and multinational companies to invest in Indian agriculture. This is the path of self-destruction, not atmanirbharta (self-reliance),” said the statement. Meanwhile, farmer leader Hannan Mollah said there has been no response from the government to the farmers’ proposal for talks and dismissed claims that the Left parties were behind the agitation. “The government till now said we did not want a meeting, now that we have specifically told them when, where and what of the meeting, there is no response from them,” the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) general secretary said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in an address to mark three years of the Himachal Pradesh government, said people with vested interests were spreading rumours to create misunderstanding that the minimum support price (MSP) scheme would end, but the facts were contrary. He reiterated that no one could take away farmers’ land from them. Mr. Singh said misinformation was being spread that farmers’ land would be taken away through contract farming.

The Hindu

2020-12-28

December 28 2020 00:00 IST