The Bharathiya Krishak Samaj has called upon the Centre to enact a law under Article 262 of the Constitution to bring the Mullaperiyar dam under its control.
In a resolution adopted at its emergency meeting, chaired by D.Gurusamy, state president, here on Thursday, the organisation said Parliament could by law provide for the adjudication of any inter-state river dispute under Article 262, and courts could not interfere with such Act of Parliament.
The Centre should bring the dam and the sharing of water from the dam under its control in view of the “extreme position” taken by the Kerala government, which posed a threat to national integration and democracy, the resolution said.
The organisation also criticised the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission K.G.Balakrishnan for taking up for hearing a petition from Kerala MPs on the issue even while the Supreme Court was seized of the matter.
The commission could not hear the matter when the issue was pending before the Supreme Court, the organisation contended, and accused Mr.Balakrishnan of misusing his position.
The meeting resolved to submit a petition to the President seeking action against Mr.Balakrishnan.
Through other resolutions, the organisation urged the Centre to revise the minimum support price for farm produce taking into account the increase in the cost of inputs, especially the fertilizer price hike which has put a burden on farmers.
The MSP for sugarcane should be fixed at Rs.3,000 a tonne.
For paddy, the MSP should be increased to Rs.2,000 a quintal, it demanded.
The organisation also demanded that labourers employed under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme be allowed to be deployed in private farms for agriculture labour.
