The Farmers strike is effective in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana and Chhattisgarh.
NEW DELHI: Shortage of supply and exhausting stocks in the national capital’s mandis have resulted in surge in retail prices as the famer protest enters day four.
Farmers across seven states are on a 10-day strike starting June 1. They are demanding that the government should pay them the promised minimum support price and implement the recommendations of the Swaminathan commission.
The 10-day Gaon Bandh farmer protest was called ahead of the first anniversary of the death of several farmers in police firing in the state`s Mandsaur.
Farmers have found an opportunity here and have made farm loan waivers across the board a key demand of their agitation. This immediately puts pressure on the Centre to walk the talk on a centrally-sponsored farm waiver programme.
Protesting farmers dumped vegetables, milk and other farm produce on roads and blocked supplies to cities in several states on Sunday as part of the agitation to press for their demands.
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that the protest by farmers in various parts of the country were attempts to get media attention.
The complaint against the agriculture minister has been filed in the court of chief judicial magistrate Muzaffarpur.The court has admitted the complaint and the case will come up for hearing on June 14.
Indian farmers have the smallest landholdings the worldover.The problem is aggravated as 83% of farmers in India, who are marginal and small farmers (someone with less than two hectare of landholding).
Vegetables were sold at some places under police protection.Several leaders of the Opposition raised their voice against the Centre on social media.The retail prices of vegetables in the city’s different areas are already up by 20-50 percent.
