A silent crackdown has begun to look in farmers’ protests at Delhi’s borders in opposition to three controversial agricultural legal guidelines handed by the central authorities in September final 12 months.
Sources claimed that the farm labor unions are sad with the response of the farmer unions on the problem of alleged discrimination in opposition to farm laborers in Punjab. Some labor unions have claimed that some farmers and villages in Punjab are arbitrarily “self-styled” fixing labor costs for paddy sowing.
“There are some cases which have come to our notice so far. Strict action needs to be taken against any village which has decided to fix the sowing prices of paddy without first consulting the farm labourers. These villages go to the extent of passing a resolution to boycott any farmer or laborer who does not follow their paddy sowing prices. This is economic discrimination against agricultural labourers, who are poor,” mentioned Laxman Singh of the Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union, which is carefully related to the Bharatiya Kisan Union Ugrahan.
Singh mentioned the farmers and commerce unions had been on the identical web page when it got here to the three controversial agricultural legal guidelines, because it affected them equally. But when it got here to highlighting the problems of discrimination, his voice began to vary barely.
“Both farmers and laborers are on the same page against the three controversial agricultural laws. However, when it comes to the aspect of equality between farmers and laborers, there is still a long way to go. This includes big landlords who are pushing for anti-agricultural labor proposals.”
Earlier this week, the United Kisan Morcha (SKM) had issued a press release in opposition to such “discriminatory” resolutions handed by a panchayat.
“We have issued a press release in opposition to such discriminatory provides. We all are in favor of unity of farmers and laborers. Together we’ve got to struggle in opposition to the central authorities. Jagmohan Singh mentioned, we’ve got requested the villagers to barter with the laborers and resolve the problem of value of paddy sowing laborers.
However, Bhagwant Singh Samoan of the Punjab Mazdoor Mukti Morcha accused the farmer unions of not doing sufficient to reveal or finish the alleged caste discrimination.
Samoan mentioned, ‘I’m not happy with the assertion of SKM. A name ought to have been given to boycott any village or farmer who handed such anti-worker resolutions. But the farmers union shouldn’t be taking this concern critically. We all know that Bharatiya Janata Party is working very laborious to make inroads in Punjab and is specializing in Dalit agricultural labourers. We have seen how common makes an attempt are being made to use variations between farmers and laborers for political positive factors. Our group helps the agricultural motion. But farmer unions must also take note of labor legal guidelines.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
