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On Kisan Diwas

Let us taLK aBOut

tHe farmers!

The rich farmers if they want to help their brothers the small farmers, should create the

distribution system for farm produce that is administered and maintained by the farmers only.

Col (ret.) virendra s tavathia
Singh understood the problems
he Kisan Agitation in In- of our Farmers and introduced
dia is making waves. Peo- the minimum support price for
Sugarcane in the state.
Tple on both sides of aisles The sugarcane was sold in
are trying to make case for and the open market for Rs 4 per
against the Farmers Bill passed quintal at that time. It is unfor-
by the Indian Parliament in Sep-
tember 2020. The aim of this ar- tunate that the corrupt system
ticle is neither to support nor to has been winning in most cases,
and Ch. Charan Singh lost his
condemn the Farmers Bill, but majority in less than a year.
is to analyze the problems of Let us now discuss some
the Farmers, the real issues and problems of the Farmers. How
find some solutions for them. If
the Farmers Bill addresses these does the minimum support price
problems, or if these problems affect farmers and the general
are brought out by the lead- public? We want to provide ba-
sic necessities of life to our gen-
ers of the Farming community, Farmers during their ongoing protest against the three farm laws at Ghazi- eral public at the most afford-
then provisions can be made in pur border, in Delhi on Friday. (ANI) able cost. Food is one of those
the bill to add them, if not then commodities. In fact, whatever
the public would understand of the Armed Forces and Farm- of the Nehru Family have been
the shortcomings of the bill and ers, and his inclination towards in charge of the party. Pt. Neh- farmer produces needs to be
hollowness of the leaders try- Soviet Union style socialism ru wanted to nationalize the given to the general public at
ing to be savior of the Farmers. was detrimental to India’s rapid entire land and do the farming the most affordable price except
some crops like tobacco which
Thanks to my friend Irfan Ali, it progress. We must thank China on Soviet Model. It was Chaud- are not essential for survival of
was an honor to be part of the for giving us a beating in 1962, hary (Ch.) Charan Singh a true the public. If that be so, how do
meeting where I was able to that opened the eyes of our po- son of the soil who opposed we maintain the balance? If the
listen to some award-winning litical leaders and taught them Mr. Nehru’s idea in the Nagpur
well-known journalists, some the basic lesson, that defense Convention of Congress Party government keeps MSP higher
Farmers Leader, retired Su- and development must go hand in 1959. Of course, he paid the for the crops then the general
public will not get it at an af-
preme Court Judge Mr Katju, and gloves for the prosperity of penalty for being ignored with- fordable price. If we keep the
some human rights officials and the nation. In the past 73 years in the Congress that led to his MSP minimum then the Farmer
some members of farmer fami- all governments including the leaving the Party and forming
lies, who probably showed more current one, have given the slo- Bhartiya Kranti Dal in 1967. Af- will not get enough incentive to
understanding of the Farmers gan to fight poverty, yet we can’t ter 1959 his popularity among do farming. One of the ways to
problems than the journalists say that we have achieved any the farming community grew to strike the balance is by reducing
and the Farmer Leaders. notable success. We are strug- new heights and of the 100 seats the middleman’s commission
and wastage during the distribu-
Pandit (Pt.) Jawahar Lal gling and probably going from his party contested in 1967, 99 tion. Some of the provisions of
Nehru, our first Prime Minister, bad to worse. of them won. With no party in the Farmer’s bill introduced by
was a towering figure. His con- Immediately after getting in- the state of Uttar Pradesh gain- the government address some
tribution in the independence dependence, it was difficult for ing a clear majority, it led to
of India can’t be ignored. While anyone to stand up and speak the first coalition government of such issues. For the past 73
he did well to bring in indus- against Pt. Nehru. A situation in UP. An intelligent person, a years our middlemen are mak-
trial revolution and creating of that has existed in Congress good economist, and a down ing fortunes through the farm
Institutions like IIT, his neglect Party whenever the members to earth person, Ch. Charan Continued on next page... >>

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