Narendra Modi to meet sugarcane farmers at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg tomorrow – Firstpost
The move comes amid various farmers’ movements being held across the nation, and especially the long-standing problems of non-payment of dues by sugar mills to the sugarcane farmers, and high power tariffs.
Recently, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) announced that inspired by the success of their Maharashtra March, they would hold a similar demonstration in New Delhi to demand a special session of Parliament for early resolution of their woes.
“A meeting of the central office-bearers of the AIKS decided to support the idea of a long march of the dispossessed to Delhi to demand a special session of Parliament called entirely to discuss the serious agrarian crisis in the country,” AIKS general secretary Hannan Mollah said on Tuesday.
Accusing the government of creating “unprecedented” agrarian crisis, the farmers’ organisation said that the date of the long march would be finalised after wider consultation with other organisations and individuals. It could be held any time after 5 September.
On Wednesday, cane cultivators in Haryana, protesting in front of the office of Minister of State for Cooperatives Manish Grover, alleged non-payment of dues by the sugar mills, The Tribune reported.
In May, a protesting sugarcane lost his life in western Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat only a day before Modi was scheduled to address an election rally in the area.
