Nagpur-18th march
2014
India’s most media houses
and TV channels and opinion poll gurus favored Prime Minister in waiting
Narendra Modi who is visiting Indian farm suicide capital vidarbha on 2oth march has urged to come
clean of NDA agrarian polices so that on going innocent farmers suicide in
cotton cultivating region of central and Sothern India is stopped by 5 million relief aid starved distressed
farmers , farm activist group Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti chief Kishore
Tiwari informed in a press release .
‘We have been fighting against
existing Indian Govt. Agrarian policies which
is mainly responsible for present debt-trap and last 20 days unseasoned rains
and hailstorm damaged Crops
on nearly 15 lakh hectares worth Rs.20,000 crores have been destroyed in as many as 28 of
Maharashtra’s 35 districts hence
Narendra Modi’s this visit is very significant as not only distressed dying
farmers but scores of activist groups, environmentalists and agricultural
activists, besides farmers’ widows are expected announcements to address the
very urgent demands of dry land farmers from drought prone region where 90 % of
farmers’ suicides have been reported hence we have requested him
give time meet delegation and serious
attention to unsolved issues related credit, cost of Agri. produce and selection
of sustainable crops coupled state protection from market forces for main cash
crop cotton and soybean and issues direct subsidy for food crop cultivation and
covering labor cost of cultivation under
NAREGA scheme and food security dry land
cotton and soybean cultivators of farm suicide
hit areas ,Tiwari added.
“We are eager to know the NDA’s
stand on universal food security. Does he support the market economy and
speculative trade in agriculture? What is his stand on genetically modified
food which is playing havoc with farmers? Does the NDA support a ban on toxic
food items and will it remove the
monopolies of MNCs in food and agriculture?” Tiwari said.
Recent unseasoned rains and
hailstorm has added fuel to existing agrarian crisis and issue fresh crop loan
and relief aid amount and disbursement to dying more than 3 core population of Maharashtra
has given Narendra Modi’s farm suicide epicenter
of India visit more importance as this will be seen as NDA
policies toward dying farming community of the region hence PM in waiting should give time
to met delegation to farm activist and farm widows and such request has been
made BJP state unit president Devendra Fadanvis and Shivsena chief Uddhao
Thakare who are coordinating the tour, Tiwari
added.
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