farmers’ basic problems should be tackled as soon as possible or prepared to face a situation similar to that of Mandsaur.
Shekhar Dixit, National President of the Rashtriya Kisaan Manch, said the basic issue is the minimum price support that most farmers can not get.
“If the Uttar Pradesh government is really serious about addressing the problems and the situation of the farmers, then it must begin to solve its problems so that a situation similar to Mandsaur does not exceed the state and does not affect the fans,” Dixit told PTI. Madhya Pradesh, where five farmers were killed on Tuesday by police shots.
The loan exemption was not a solution to the problems affecting the agricultural community in the state or in the country, he added.
“The basic question is the minimum price of support, which a large part of the farmers can not obtain, which practically pushes them into the vicious circle of poverty and it takes them several years to break this vicious circle and embark on the path of poverty Prosperity. ”
Dixit, 33, also opined that farmers would not benefit until decisions about their well-being are taken from the confines of air-conditioned cabins.
“Jai Jawan’s clarion call, Jai Kisaan (Hail Soldier, Hail Farmer), which was given by former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, has been reduced to a mere slogan.” The time has come to correct grievances from Farmers farmers as soon as possible to thwart an impending disaster, “Dixit said.
By August 2016, the peasant leader had demanded a separate commission for farmers with constitutional powers and representation of farmers in it.
“Like Nirvachan Aayog (Electoral Commission), Kisaan Aayog would have constitutional powers with the representation of the farmers in it.”
Dixit had also stressed the need to build more cold storage facilities across the state.
