Several farmers and farm labourers on Wednesday staged a protest against the Haryana government here, blaming it for adopting “anti-farmer” policies that have allegedly ruined the agriculture sector and rendering the farmers in debt.
Prominent unions that came together to protest at the Sector 17 ground included the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Mahasabha, Haryana Kisan Sabha, CITU and the Akhil Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union. The representatives of the unions submitted a memorandum to the government in support of their demands.
Kisan Sabha leader Inderjit Singh said the “anti-farmer and anti-poor” policies of the ruling BJP government in Haryana and the Centre had ruined the agriculture sector.
Farm produce prices
“The BJP government is vigorously pursuing neo-liberal policies. Consistently lower prices of agricultural produce disproportionate to the prices of farm inputs and mounting indebtedness from both institutional and non-institutional sources have landed farmers in a debt trap,” said Mr. Singh.
