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Month-long agitation by BKS against SEZ and remunative
price for the agriculture produce
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh announced to launch a nationwide
month-long protest against Special Economic Zones (SEZs) from September 5 to
October 5. BKS national organising secretary Shri Dinesh Kulkarni told
mediapersons in Bhubaneshwar on July 28 that the Kisan Sangh would hold
protest meetings at all district headquarters across the country during this
period and would submit memorandums against SEZs to the concerned
authorities. “The policy of SEZ has been formulated to only satisfy the
corporate lobby and the interests of the farmers have totally been ignored,”
he said. He alleged that due to the faulty agriculture policy of the UPA
government, farmers of the country are not getting proper price for their
products. He strongly criticised the tax policy on export and import of
cotton and said it was anti-farmer move on the part of the UPA Government.
He suggested providing irrigation facilities to maximum agriculture land in
the state. “The Orissa Government should provide electricity to the farmers
instead of selling it to other States,” he added.
Earlier, a two-day national working committee meeting of the BKS concluded
in Bhubaneshwar on July 27. More than 155 delegates from across the country
participated in the meeting and discussed various issues related to the
farmers. National president of BKS Thakur Sankata Prasad Singh,
vice-presidents Shri Babulal Verma, Shri Prithvi Singh Bascha, general
secretary Baba Saheb Takwale, organisation secretary Shri Dinesh Kulkarni,
Pravakar Rao Kelakar, Shri Mohini Mohan Mishra, secretary Shri Ganeshan
Jiban Bhai Patel, state general secretary Shri Prafulla Kumar Das and
organising secretary Shri Pradipta Kumar Ray were among the prominent
leaders who attended the meeting.
(By Golak Das)
Seminar by Kisan Sangh on water scarcity
A seminar was organised by Punjab unit of Bharatiya Kisan Sangh at a village
Badshahpur in Patiala. State secretary Dr Rajinder Kumar, a professor in
Patiala University, provided important data about the alarming position of
water scarcity in the state. He pointed out that out of 138 blocks in
Punjab, 96 were declared dark zone. Dr Balwinder Singh Sohal, District
Agriculture Officer, hailed the Kisan Sangh for such an initiative. He
stressed the need to take cognizance of the wastage of water in the name of
water purifying systems and washing machines in cities. Sardar Avatar Singh
of SGPC stressed on the water harvesting methods to be practised in the
area.
National vice president of BKS Shri Prithvi Singh Vatsa spoke at length
about the activities, philosophy and need of the Kisan Sangh and criticised
the bogey of loan waiving by the central government. He termed the exercise
as a hoax and instead advocated a long-term policy by the government. He
advocated the need to prepare DNA report of the whole land so that farmers
could know the nature of their land. Shri Jagdish Chandra, secretary of
Delhi unit of BKS, stressed the need of various non-agricultural projects to
be launched in rural areas to augment the income of the villagers. Shri
Kashmirilal advocated the need of organic farming, water recharging systems,
forestation and the necessity of indigenous seeds spices and other
indigenous methods of farming, which are water savvy.
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