‘Agriculture laws will be canceled by following the path shown by Bapu’: On Gandhi Jayanti, farmers kept fasting
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to all the leaders of the country are reaching Rajghat to pay homage at the tomb of Gandhiji. At the same time, farmers sitting on all the borders of Delhi, a few kilometers away from there, for the last 10 months, are also fasting for the whole day. The farmers say that they will follow the path shown by Gandhiji and get the three agricultural laws repealed. The farmers sitting on the borders of Delhi have observed a fast today in protest against the agricultural laws. His fast is in protest against the delay in paddy procurement and agricultural laws.
The farmers sitting on the Delhi border have observed a fast on Gandhi Jayanti. His fast is about the delay in the purchase of paddy. The farmers’ fast will last from 10 am to 5 pm.
Recently, the central government had postponed the procurement of Kharif paddy in Punjab and Haryana till October 11 as the ripening of the crop has been delayed due to the recent heavy rains. In Punjab, the procurement of paddy for the Kharif marketing season of 2021-22 was to start from October 1. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had sought the intervention of Prime Minister Modi by tweeting in this matter so that the paddy procurement process can be resumed. Many opposition leaders have also demanded the government to withdraw the decision to postpone the purchase of paddy.
The Union Food Ministry had said in a statement, “It is informed that due to the recent heavy rains in Punjab and Haryana, there has been a delay in the ripening of paddy. Keeping in view the interests of the farmers and to save them from any inconvenience, the Ministry has decided that the procurement of paddy under the Minimum Support Price in these two states will start from October 11.
