Farmers’ Vidhan Sabha march foiled by cops, detained at multiple places in Rajasthan | Hindustan Times
Farmer leaders addressing the gathering at Reengus said that the government had made an agreement with them in September last year but instead of implementing its terms, the government is trying to crush their movement by detaining the farmers.
Chief minister Vasundhara Raje announced a one-time crop loan waiver for small and marginal farmers in the budget. The farmers are miffed with the government as it had agreed to a Rs 50,000 crop loan waiver for all farmers following a similar agitation last year.
The government had also agreed to pay Rs 2000 monthly pension for all farmers above 60 years of age and take steps to deal with the stray cattle menace.
“The farmers are not asking for charity. It is because of the government’s policies that the farmers have come under debts,” said Harphool Singh, state vice president of Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha (AIKS). The prices of items farmers buy are going up every year, while the farmers do not get adequate value for their produce, he added.
