Farmers Agitation

SKM Uttar Pradesh Meeting Concludes with Call to make Bharat Bandh against Modi Regime's Policies a great Success 11th September 2021

The UP SKM meeting which began at Lucknow yesterday, and in which leaders of 85 Kisan organisations took part, concluded on September 10 afternoon with the following decisions:

1. All efforts would be made to make the September 27 Bharat Bandh against the disastrous policies of the Modi-led BJP-RSS regime a massive success.
2. To plan for the Bharat Bandh, meetings of all Kisan and other mass organisations will be held at each district headquarter in UP on September 17.
3. All other decisions about struggles on issues like sugarcane price and other burning local issues, dates of Mahapanchayats in each division, etc would be taken in the SKM UP meeting after September 27.
4. A three member coordination committee comprising Harnam Varma, D P Singh and Tejinder Singh Virk was formed. It will coordinate the actions for the Bandh and it will be expanded later.

All these decisions were reported in a well attended press conference at the UP Press Club in Lucknow by Dr Darshan Pal, Dr Ashok Dhawale and the three member coordination committee.

Post by Dr Dhawale: AIKS

Dr Ashok Dhawale: ‘Crisis has engulfed agrarian society’ Anupama Katakam https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/interview-dr-ashok-dhawale-on-farm-laws-neoliberal-reforms-crisis-has-engulfed-agrarian-society/article36280028.ece
Print edition : September 24, 2021

Indian agriculture was historically in a state of crisis due to the complete absence of agrarian reform outside Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura, and poor levels of public investment in rural infrastructure. 

Free trade agreements have resulted in a major inflow of predatory imports, resulting in the crash of many commodity prices. Consequently, profitability rates have shrunk across crops. Agricultural credit is being diverted from small and marginal farmers towards the richer sections and corporate agribusiness houses.

These three farm laws of the BJP regime, in a nutshell, aim to dismantle the MSP regime, government procurement of foodgrains, and thus the entire public distribution system, which is availed of by over 81 crore people in India.

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Finally action against IAS officer who said Sar Fodo for protesters, farmers end gherao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCO79LZLWOo Sep 11, 2021

Farmers have decided to end their sit-in protest in Haryana's Karnal district after the state government agreed to three main demands of the protesting farmers. In a joint press conference which included representative from both sides; government and farmers, it was announced that a judicial inquiry will be launched against Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha whose video of ordering lathicharge on farmers went viral on social media. The investigation will be monitored by a retired High Court judge. SDM Sinha has been sent on leave for one month; duration of the probe. The government also promised jobs to 2 family members of a deceased farmer who was also a part of protest and died on the next day of police lathicharge.

Nine Meanings of Muzaffarnagar Mahapanchayat of the Farmers Movement September 7, 2021 / Nakul Singh Sawhney https://raiot.in/nine-meanings-of-muzaffarnagar-mahapanchayat-of-the-farmers-movement/?fbclid=IwAR27ghQNrdamD7JbO9_-VJFPdFv0m31MNv0-LbaVUq20M-kyJvC6BAYPfGY 

Listen to Tikait’s speech very carefully. His speech was a lot more than just the three farm laws. He starts with how everything is being privatised, then spoke about the state of the average cop, issues concerning workers, how pensions are being withdrawn, and how ‘Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s constitution is being destroyed’. Finally, finished it with the old BKU slogan, Allahu Akbar- Har Har Mahadev. Clearly, he made overtures to people beyond just farmers.

One or Two Things About Rakesh Tikait  https://raiot.in/one-or-two-things-about-rakesh-tikait/  Nakul Singh Sawhney  January 31, 2021 

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