To protest against the anti-farmer and anti-labour laws passed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Central government, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP and Haryana in-charge Sushil Gupta on Saturday said that the party's farmers' cell will hold a "gherao" of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar‘s Karnal residence on Sunday.
Gupta said that BJP Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar always takes antifarmer stand when the time of harvesting comes.
"The party is fighting against the anti-farmer and anti-labour laws passed by the BJP ruled central government. We are fighting on the streets and also fighting against these bills inside the Parliament. The Haryana chief minister always takes anti-farmer stands when the time of harvesting comes. Farmers are facing difficulties in selling paddy crops. In Haryana, around 1500 to 2000 kg millet is produced in one acre of land but the farmers are not getting more than Rs 850 kg due to the anti-farmer policies of the BJP," he said.
"Farmers are constantly being harassed in the name of portal, e-payment, registration, gate pass of mandi and other ways. In the last 15 days, farmers had to take the streets," he said.
Haryana and Punjab are agrarian states where more than 70 percent people are directly and indirectly connected to agriculture. These are the only states where the farmers get 60 percent of the MSP on the crop. At the same time, in other states only six percent of the grain is sold at MSP," he , adding that now through these ordinances, the Central government wants to end the mandi system of Haryana and Punjab.
"Farmers in Bihar have good land, get good water for farming and also produce good crops. But due to the lack of MSP on their crop, the farmers have to come to Haryana and Punjab to work. The BJP-ruled central government also wants to bring a similar situation inside Haryana and Punjab," he said.