How is it different from most other farm unions?
The Shetkari Sanghatana has always been vocal about access to open market. It was Joshi’s firm conviction that the root cause of the farmers’ woes lay in their limited access to the market. Markets, Joshi believed, should be open and competitive to allow price realisation for farm produce. The farmer leader used to accuse the governments of intentionally deflating the prices of farm produce in order to ensure consumers get them cheap.
This espousal of open market saw Joshi and his then hugely popular Sanghatana hit the roads demanding the removal of zone limits on sugarcane farmers, or ban on inter-state movement of cotton. Back in 1984, Joshi had declared war against the then monopoly on cotton procurement by the Maharashtra State Cooperative Cotton Marketing Federation. In those days, the federation was the only buyer of cotton and farmers had to line up for days together to sell their crop. Allegations of nepotism and corrupt
Farmers harden stance, say will make govt repeal agri laws
Farmers harden stance, say will make govt repeal agri laws
Last Updated: Wed, Dec 16th, 2020, 09:26:02hrs
New Delhi: Hardening their stance on the three new agri laws, farmer leaders on Wednesday said they will make government repeal these legislations, and asserted that their fight has reached a stage where they are determined to win it no matter what.
They said that they will completely block the Chilla Border between Delhi and Noida on Wednesday to press for their demands, adding that farmer unions are not running away from negotiation, but the government has to pay heed to their demands and come forward with concrete proposals.
Khaps of UP s Muzaffarnagar come out in support of farmers agitation, to join protests on December 17
Khap chiefs termed the farms laws as anti-farmer and called for their repeal, adding they will reach Delhi on December 17 to support the agitation. Farmers leaders including Rakesh Tikait of Bharatiya Kisan Union sit on a hunger strike at Ghazipur (Image Source: ANI)
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Updated: Dec 16, 2020, 11:44 PM IST
Farmers protesting against the Centre s new agri laws have now got the support from a number of Khaps in UP s Muzaffarnagar. They will join the ongoing protests at Delhi s border points on December 17 in solidarity with the agitating farmers.
Farm Acts already national laws; States need not notify separately: Experts
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Last Updated: Dec 16, 2020, 07:17 PM IST
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In some states, farmers are already taking advantage of various provisions of these legislations, the official added. Asked if there was a special provision for the Delhi government which notified one of the three farm laws early this month, the official said, It was not required.
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Farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, have been protesting at Delhi s borders demanding the repeal of the three farm laws.
New Delhi: Amid ongoing protests by thousands of farmers against three new Farm Acts and assertions by some states that they would not notify these legislations, government officials and constitutional experts said these are already national laws and therefore states are not required to notify them separately. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, the Farm
File photo of BJP s Gujarat unit president C R Paatil
AHMEDABAD: BJP s Gujarat unit president C R Paatil on Wednesday alleged that the ongoing agitation by farmers on the Delhi borders was a planned conspiracy by the opposition parties to create anarchy in the country and to destabilise it. Paatil, a BJP MP from Navsari Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, said Congress was in favour of these farm sector reforms when it was in power before 2014.
His statement comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a conspiracy is afoot to confuse farmers over the new agri laws and accused the opposition of using farmers shoulders to fire their guns.