Farmers Protest: Political Parties Making Farmers Pawn

Trivendra Singh Rawat

The work performed within the last five-six years to enhance the pursuits and situation of the farmers of the nation has by no means been performed earlier than. Continuous steps are being taken by the BJP government on the Center to scale back the price of farming and to fulfill the fundamental necessities for them and to extend the revenue of farmers. These three agricultural laws as of late are being agitated by some farmer organizations of Punjab, in truth, they’ve additionally been introduced with the goal of enhancing the financial situation of the farmers, however, the Congress and other parties oppose them attributable to political curiosity. Have been In truth right now, all these parties have misplaced their relevance and public confidence has been misplaced from them. Subsequently, these parties devoid of issues are operating a gun on the shoulders of farmers in an try to save lots of their existence by making agricultural laws a problem. Whereas in power, these similar parties beneath the management of the Congress had initiated modifications in agricultural and mandi laws, which the present authorities have solely reached the top. If modifications in mandi law had been in favor of farmers earlier than 2014, then how did they develop into anti-farmer in 2021?

Opponents of agricultural laws are arguing that they are going to break farming and farming within the nation. Additionally, assist for the support value acquired by farmers within the type of Minimum Support Price (MSP) will also be eradicated. Whereas the reality is that it’s not written in any of those three legal guidelines that the implementation of the minimum support price for 23 kinds of crops shall be abolished by their implementation. It has been clarified repeatedly by the central authorities that the federal government mandi system will stay as earlier than. Had the government not supposed to take care of the MSP, the MSP of varied crops wouldn’t have elevated this a lot within the last five-six years. Since many of the wheat and paddy on MSP is procured in Punjab and Haryana, there’s a excessive likelihood of farmers in these states. BJP’s political opponents are giving this similar worry to their fears.

Harbhajan Singh tweeted about the Farmers protest, tweet became viral

That is additionally the case with the modifications within the mandi law. The federal government’s intention is to supply extra choices to farmers to promote their produce by altering the mandi legislation, in order that the farmers don’t rely on mandis of the mandis for selling their crops. This won’t only allow farmers to get higher costs for his or her crops, however may even be capable to deal on their very own phrases. After the Congress itself got here to power in 2004, the Congress itself began discussing modifications within the Mandi Act and described it as useful for the farmers. Immediately, Sharad Pawar’s correspondence with the states, concentrating on the central authorities on this situation in 2010 and 2011, is a witness to the change within the Mandi Act i.e. the APMC (Agricultural Produce Advertising and marketing Committee) Act at the moment. State governments had been beneath stress. A mannequin legislation to this impact was additionally despatched by the then Congress authorities on the Middle to the states. The method of public dialogue on this situation, together with varied organizations, was additionally began by the then Congress authorities. Equally, opposition events are upsetting farmers about contract farming. Whereas the reality is that beneath this provision, the farmers need to cope with their produce solely with the businesses and never the land. In such a scenario, there is no such thing as a query of snatching their land.

So far as the steps taken by the present government for farmer pursuits are involved, it turns into clear from the agriculture funds of the central authorities beneath the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Middle’s agriculture funds has elevated from Rs 12,000 crore in 5 years to Rs 1,34,000 crore right now. The central authorities has not solely focused to double the revenue of farmers, but additionally elevated the funds of agriculture accordingly. Congress ought to know what sort of steps are being taken for farmers in BJP dominated states? Uttarakhand is the primary state within the nation to pay 100% of the dues of sugarcane farmers. That too two months earlier than the crushing season began. Other than this, interest-free loans of as much as three lakh rupees and as much as 5 lakh rupees are being supplied to self-help teams. Below this scheme, loans price Rs 2062 crore have been disbursed to greater than 4 lakh farmers and 1330 teams.

Truly, the entire fact of opposition to agricultural laws is hidden within the failures of the Congress authorities in Punjab. With the intention to divert consideration from the ambiance created towards the federal government of Amarinder Singh in Punjab, the Congress is instigating the farmers towards the agricultural legal guidelines, however I consider that our peasant brothers know the reality about who’s extra severe about their pursuits. Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that outdated legal guidelines can’t create a brand new India. New legal guidelines shall be required to fulfill the present international and home challenges and to take your entire nation, together with the farmer, to the next peak of growth.