NEW DELHI: Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Friday said the ongoing farmers’ protest will go on for indefinite period as there is no planning regarding the duration yet.
“Farmers’ protest will go on for indefinite period as there is no plan currently. It might continue till October,” Tikait told ANI.
He said this in response to the statement of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leader Gurnam Singh Charni that the farmers’ protest will continue till October.
Tikait has reiterated the farmers’ demand for a law on minimum support price for the procurement of crops, saying that “business over hunger” will not be allowed in the country, PTI reported.
Tikait’s remark came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Rajya Sabha that “MSP was there, MSP is there, MSP will remain in the future”.
“When did we say that MSP is ending,” Tikait asked, according to ANI. “We said that a law be formed on MSP. If such a law is formed, all the farmers of the country will be benefitted. Right now, there is no law on MSP and the farmers are looted by traders.”
The farmer leader said that the price of crops cannot be decided like the fluctuating cost of air tickets, PTI reported. “There will not be business over hunger in the country,” he said. “If hunger goes up, price of crops will be decided accordingly. Those doing business over hunger will be driven out of the country.”
Tikait had earlier warned the farmers’ agitation will not conclude unless government repeals the three newly enacted agriculture laws and it may go on till October.
On Friday he mentioned that the farmers do a protest every year on October 2 at the Ghazipur border.
“Tear shells and bullets were fired at the farmers on October 2, 2018, at the Ghazipur border. Every year we do a programme here at the Ghazipur border and will also do it this year,” he said.
Asked about the debates in the Parliament on the farmers’ issues, Tikait said it is good that the issue is being raised and debated in the Parliament.
He further said there must be a genuine reason that the country’s farmers are protesting for so long. “The entire nation’s farmers are on streets protesting, there must be a reason to it. If the farm laws are not accepted by the farmers, then what is the compulsion of not repealing them?” Tikait asked.AGENCIES
“Farmers’ protest will go on for indefinite period as there is no plan currently. It might continue till October,” Tikait told ANI.
He said this in response to the statement of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leader Gurnam Singh Charni that the farmers’ protest will continue till October.
Tikait has reiterated the farmers’ demand for a law on minimum support price for the procurement of crops, saying that “business over hunger” will not be allowed in the country, PTI reported.
Tikait’s remark came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the Rajya Sabha that “MSP was there, MSP is there, MSP will remain in the future”.
“When did we say that MSP is ending,” Tikait asked, according to ANI. “We said that a law be formed on MSP. If such a law is formed, all the farmers of the country will be benefitted. Right now, there is no law on MSP and the farmers are looted by traders.”
The farmer leader said that the price of crops cannot be decided like the fluctuating cost of air tickets, PTI reported. “There will not be business over hunger in the country,” he said. “If hunger goes up, price of crops will be decided accordingly. Those doing business over hunger will be driven out of the country.”
Tikait had earlier warned the farmers’ agitation will not conclude unless government repeals the three newly enacted agriculture laws and it may go on till October.
On Friday he mentioned that the farmers do a protest every year on October 2 at the Ghazipur border.
“Tear shells and bullets were fired at the farmers on October 2, 2018, at the Ghazipur border. Every year we do a programme here at the Ghazipur border and will also do it this year,” he said.
Asked about the debates in the Parliament on the farmers’ issues, Tikait said it is good that the issue is being raised and debated in the Parliament.
He further said there must be a genuine reason that the country’s farmers are protesting for so long. “The entire nation’s farmers are on streets protesting, there must be a reason to it. If the farm laws are not accepted by the farmers, then what is the compulsion of not repealing them?” Tikait asked.AGENCIES
