Sunday, May 17, 2009
vidarbha farmers reject congress-UPA in national poll-2009-HindustanTimes
(this article on HindustanTimes ePaper, please find it at: 'Congress-NCP lose to BJP in VidarbhaVJAS PRESS RELEASE-
The prevailing unrest and anger over apathy of UPA Govt. over farm suicides of cotton farmers of vidarbha has been reflected very badly against all UPA front as they lost all seats in west vidarbha (Washim-Yavatmal,Akola.Buldhana,Amaravati) in national election-2009 where as all seats east vidarbha(Nagpur,Wardha,Ramtek,Bhandara,Gondia) barring on chandrapur loksabha seat as it has two assembly segments of yavatmal has gone to UPA .
‘this shows that relief packages are not giving any relief to dying vidarbha cotton farmers and cotton farmers till very unhappy with present policies of UPA and local maharashtra Govt. Hence VJAS has urged UPA chief smt.sonia Gandhi to look in to hardship of west vidarbha cotton farmers in order to save Maharashtra state Govt.’ kishore tiwari informed in press note today while reacting over results of national election-2009.
“the result has made local Govt. claim that west vidarbha cotton farmers are happy ridiculous as their performance has not been improved in suicide belt of vidarbha more over it has shown it’s effect in adjoining hingoli,parbhani,jalgoan,dhule and beed parliamentary seats where most of farmers are cotton growers” tiwari added.
In last five years more than 5340 cotton farmers committed suicides due to debt and crop failure and now it’s clear that relief announced for them has not reached to dying farmers now VJAS demands that UPA should come our with long term plan to save dying cotton farming community providing economic protection to cotton from international recession and restoring rural socio-economic system with proper food security, employment and health care .it’s time for UPA to adderss core issue of poverty hunger of west vidarbha,tiwari said
‘this shows that relief packages are not giving any relief to dying vidarbha cotton farmers and cotton farmers till very unhappy with present policies of UPA and local maharashtra Govt. Hence VJAS has urged UPA chief smt.sonia Gandhi to look in to hardship of west vidarbha cotton farmers in order to save Maharashtra state Govt.’ kishore tiwari informed in press note today while reacting over results of national election-2009.
“the result has made local Govt. claim that west vidarbha cotton farmers are happy ridiculous as their performance has not been improved in suicide belt of vidarbha more over it has shown it’s effect in adjoining hingoli,parbhani,jalgoan,dhule and beed parliamentary seats where most of farmers are cotton growers” tiwari added.
In last five years more than 5340 cotton farmers committed suicides due to debt and crop failure and now it’s clear that relief announced for them has not reached to dying farmers now VJAS demands that UPA should come our with long term plan to save dying cotton farming community providing economic protection to cotton from international recession and restoring rural socio-economic system with proper food security, employment and health care .it’s time for UPA to adderss core issue of poverty hunger of west vidarbha,tiwari said
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