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V K Singh urges farmers to fight for their rights, Protest against Rangarajan report

General (retd) V K Singh urges farmers to fight for their rights
as thousands protest against Rangarajan report at Parliament
Street
New Delhi: Thousands of farmers from North India protested against
the Rangarajan Commission report on ‘Sugar Sector Regulation’ at
Parliament street in New Delhi. The protest was led by General
(retd.) V K Singh, V M Singh, Convener of Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor
Sangathan and many prominent farmer leaders and civil society
members. Farmers from all north Indian states were present in large
numbers in the protest. Farmer organizations from Tamil Nadu and
Kerala also supported the call of protest and came to Parliament
street to express solidarity with the cause. INLD leader and former
Chief Minister of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala also addressed the
farmers and expressed his support for the cause. Actors of Asmita
Theatre Group led by Arvind Gaur also performed at the event
highlighting the plight of farmers through their songs.
Speaking at the protest, Convener of RKMS, Shri V M Singh said
that, ‘we had come here (Parliament street) with a mission and the
mission was to tell the Parliamentarians that we do not want
Rangarajan report to be implemented. Since the farmers have
benefitted through the legal system for last 20 years, to the tune
of over Rs. 30-40 thousand crores, we want the same system to be
continued and not decontrolled as suggest by Rangarajan report. The
report is anti-farmer and the farmers have in their wisdom burned
an effigy of the same in an attempt to get the report off their
system.’
Singh also said that, ‘having believed in the legal system it not
appropriate to break the cordons and enter into an illegal act,
therefore the farmers have passed the resolution that if ever the
report is ever implemented, they would seize the boat club and
lakhs of farmers will squat there till such time that the said law
is again amended.’
Shri V M Singh also suggested that to deal with corruption related
to purchase of grains at Minimum Supported Price (MSP) the farmers
need to establish a ‘Kisan Sena’ and having General (retd) V K
Singh in their fold, he would be the ideal Commander-In-Chief. The
ammunition used by ‘Kisan Sena’ would be the legal
system such as lodging FIRs and approaching court for logical
conclusion of cases.
General (retd) V K Singh who has been championing the cause of
farmers told the farmers gathered at Parliament Street that they
must fight for their rights. Singh said that, ‘in an
agriculture-economy like India, farmers are the major sufferers and
committing suicide at an alarming rate. This does not bode well for
the nation.’ Singh said that the country must pursue the slogan of
Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan given by Late Lal Bahadur Shashtri for a
change in the pitiable condition of farmers. He also promised to
consider the proposal of formation of ‘Kisan Sena’ mooted by V M
Singh.
Rangarajan Report, if implemented, would have an adverse effect on
the farmers of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar
and Madhya Pradesh as the Report has recommended that the State
Advice Price issued by the States is stopped and the reservation of
the areas is done away with and that these amendments are made in
the Sugarcane Control Order, 1966 to that effect.
The truth is that the Commission has acted only on behalf of the
Sugar Mills and ignored the farmers’ interest, whereby farmers who
are already in a miserable condition will face more hardships. A
request is being made to reject the Commission’s Report vis-à-vis
the Northern States or else the farmers would have no other option
but to resort to agitating by coming on the streets.
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