CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress leader and party’s national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala on Wednesday condemned the ‘conspiracy’ to shutdown grain markets by the Haryana government in view of the outstanding payment of Rs 258 crore payable to the thirty thousand arhtiyas on the purchase of paddy and Rs 250 crore payable to lakhs of labourers.
Surjewala said that the state government is the enemy of farmers-labourers and arhtiyas and is determined to gradually close down the mandis by weakening them continuously.
By not paying the amount of 508 crore to arhtiyas, the government wants to achieve the same objective, with which it had brought in three black farm laws, he said.
Surjewala said that the entire strategy of the government is part of a conspiracy to implement the agriculture laws by closing down the grain markets indirectly, so that the arhtiyas are gradually forced to leave the market and the farmers of the state are left with no option but to sell the crop at throwaway prices to the capitalist friends of the Modi government.
Surjewala reminded that Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar had also recently given a statement that three agriculture laws would be brought back, which makes it clear that under the pressure of capitalist friends, the Modi government once again intends to bring back the farm laws after the elections in five states are over.
Surjewala said that the state government is the enemy of farmers-labourers and arhtiyas and is determined to gradually close down the mandis by weakening them continuously.
By not paying the amount of 508 crore to arhtiyas, the government wants to achieve the same objective, with which it had brought in three black farm laws, he said.
Surjewala said that the entire strategy of the government is part of a conspiracy to implement the agriculture laws by closing down the grain markets indirectly, so that the arhtiyas are gradually forced to leave the market and the farmers of the state are left with no option but to sell the crop at throwaway prices to the capitalist friends of the Modi government.
Surjewala reminded that Union agriculture minister Narendra Tomar had also recently given a statement that three agriculture laws would be brought back, which makes it clear that under the pressure of capitalist friends, the Modi government once again intends to bring back the farm laws after the elections in five states are over.
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