NEW DELHI: Repeal of farm laws will be primary agenda.Rejecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegation that farmer unions were moving the goalposts every day, the All-India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) also demand of the farmers was an “assured, guaranteed and legalised” income by announcing a minimum support price (MSP) for all crops.
Earlier in the day, speaking at a programme to release an instalment of Rs. 18,000 crore to nine crore beneficiaries of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, Modi said people with a certain political ideology, instigating the farmers agitation, were moving the goalposts every day to raise new issues not even concerned with the movement and were not allowing discussions for political reasons.
Appealing again to the farmers to not get misled, Modi said the farmers’ movement began with concerns over the MSP but they were now seeking release of those accused of violence, and even opposing toll plazas.
“Those firing from the shoulders of the farmers are raising different issues in their name because they don’t have any logic,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister, however, reiterated the government’s offer for talks, saying that his government was ready to talk even with their staunch political opponents, but the talks could be held only within the realm of facts, logic and issues.
Responding to Modi’s address, AIKSCC general-secretary Avik Saha, in a Farmers’ Bulletin, said the Prime Minister should stop confusing the people and not obfuscate the movement.
“The farmers have demand. Give them assured, guaranteed and legalised income. It can be done through announcing MSP for all crops and ensuring that all farmers across the country get it. It must be a legal guarantee,” said Saha.
He said the Prime Minister’s attempt to confuse people would not work and he should stop working for the big corporates. “If there is any change of goalpost, it is from the side of the government. We just want the right to live with dignity for ourselves and a secure future for our children,” he said.AGENCIES
Earlier in the day, speaking at a programme to release an instalment of Rs. 18,000 crore to nine crore beneficiaries of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, Modi said people with a certain political ideology, instigating the farmers agitation, were moving the goalposts every day to raise new issues not even concerned with the movement and were not allowing discussions for political reasons.
Appealing again to the farmers to not get misled, Modi said the farmers’ movement began with concerns over the MSP but they were now seeking release of those accused of violence, and even opposing toll plazas.
“Those firing from the shoulders of the farmers are raising different issues in their name because they don’t have any logic,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister, however, reiterated the government’s offer for talks, saying that his government was ready to talk even with their staunch political opponents, but the talks could be held only within the realm of facts, logic and issues.
Responding to Modi’s address, AIKSCC general-secretary Avik Saha, in a Farmers’ Bulletin, said the Prime Minister should stop confusing the people and not obfuscate the movement.
“The farmers have demand. Give them assured, guaranteed and legalised income. It can be done through announcing MSP for all crops and ensuring that all farmers across the country get it. It must be a legal guarantee,” said Saha.
He said the Prime Minister’s attempt to confuse people would not work and he should stop working for the big corporates. “If there is any change of goalpost, it is from the side of the government. We just want the right to live with dignity for ourselves and a secure future for our children,” he said.AGENCIES
