Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) has written a letter to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar demanding restoration of the market system in order that increasingly farmers can promote wheat and paddy on the Minimum Support Price (MSP). BKU has threatened to launch an enormous agitation if the calls for usually are not met.
Incidentally, RJD Ramgarh MLA Sudhakar Singh had not too long ago resigned as Agriculture Minister because the Bihar CM didn’t think about his calls for for restoration of mandis. Bihar had a market system until 2006. There have been about 100 mandis within the state.
In a letter to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar dated October 17, Chaudhary Rakesh Tikait, nationwide spokesperson of farmer chief BKU, wrote: “This is to convey to your consideration that farmers (in Bihar) usually are not getting correct platform to promote their grains. And they don’t getting good worth for his or her produce and there are not any mandis in Bihar for 15-16 years. The farmers of Bihar are sometimes pressured to promote their grain by middlemen at a worth beneath the price of cultivation. Tikait mentioned that the situation of the farmers is getting worse as they don’t have cash to purchase seeds and deal with their households.
“With no mandi, farmers in Bihar often migrate to other states to work as labour. The studies of the students coming from the family of Garmi are getting affected. The government should restore mandis in Bihar to ensure farmers’ platform and MSP. If this is not done, we will be forced to launch a bigger agitation,” mentioned Tikait.
The RJD, which is in alliance, has at all times been in favor of the Andi system. An RJD chief mentioned: “We can not assault our authorities, however Sudhakar Singh raised legitimate questions earlier than resigning. Apart from mandis, we’re in favor of involving a number of businesses for procurement of meals grains as towards only one company – Primary Agriculture Cooperative Credit Society (PACCS).
However, JD(U) nationwide spokesperson KC Tyagi advised The Indian Express: “We are as involved about farmers as anybody may be. Mandi system was additionally closely influenced by the tradition of middlemen and this technique additionally doesn’t guarantee MSP. We had opposed three agriculture legal guidelines which have been finally withdrawn by the Centre.
Tyagi mentioned that as per the most recent NCRB experiences, there is no such thing as a case of farmer suicide in Bihar and the farmers of the state even have the bottom mortgage legal responsibility within the nation.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
