Sons of two farmers of Bargarh district, who committed suicides recently, joined a massive dharna orgnised by five left parties, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(M-l) liberation, Forward Bloc and SUCI (Communist), here on Monday.
The parties demanded immediate measures for combating after effects of drought and checking farmers’ suicides across the State
besides adequate compensation for deceased farmers’ families.
Bhishma Majhi, son of deceased Magashira Majhi, and Rajendra Sahoo, son of deceased Krushna Chandra Sahu, sat on the dharna. Earlier, activists came in a rally from the railway station to the dharna place in the lower PMG area.
The CPI’s Dibakar Nayak and Abhay Sahoo, CPI(M)’s Alikishore Patnaik and Santosh Das, CPI (M-l)’s Yudhistir Mohapatra and Satyabadi Behera, Forward Bloc’s Jyotiranjan MOhapatra and SUCI’s Uddhab Jena spoke on the occasion.
Alleging that the State Government has failed to resolve farmer issues, the leaders demanded that `10 lakh compensation for each deceased farmer’s family, `25,000 for an acre of crop loss and waiver of farm loans in drought-hit areas.
They too demanded that MGNREGS workers be ensured 200 days work annually with `500 wage per day.
later in the evening, they submitted a memorandum to the Chief Secretary in support of their demands.