Farmers & Election : क्यों राजनीति बदलने में सक्षम है किसान आंदोलन..? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=addw6X-l6uo Going by the numbers, Farmers can change Politics.
But as Punya Prasun Bajpai points out.. https://youtu.be/addw6X-l6uo?t=736 the oppostion parties too may not bring in Change as they are also making way for Agriculture to be captured by Corporates..
https://youtu.be/addw6X-l6uo?t=895 Given the Corporate involvement to create corporate dependent farm produce market, farmers cannot rely on the current parties to solve their issues. This will have to be discussed within the Andolan. It will also means that they would have to strengthen and develop the decentralised market system, and address the issues of remunerative pricing and agricultural finance, such that it can prevent the take over by corporates, where all decision making will move away from the hands of the farmer.
It should be noted that the Adani group has taken up business through public finance, in Agriculture logistics, storage, converting agricultural lands, natural resources, water environment, all intrinsically related to the agricultural eco-system..
The groups has given money to the CM relief funds of several opposition states in addition to the PM cares funds.
Since farmers as a bloc can decide the outcome of the forthcoming elections, they would have to consider these issues and demand from these parties, white papers on how exactly they intend to uphold farmers interests in this regard.
Other article on the farmers agitation: see http://emeets.lnwr.in/index.php/farmers-agitation-against-black-laws