Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) activists launched their three-day hunger strike at the lower PMG here on Wednesday to press the State Government to admit that farmers have committed suicide due to crop loss and loan burden.
“The NKS has started financial help to farmers, donating Rs 10,000 to each dead farmer’s family. The Odisha Government should give each dead farmer’s family Rs 5 lakh like its counterparts in Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, etc,” said NKS State coordinator Akshaya Kumar.
Though more than 140 farmers have already ended their lives across the State, the Government has asserted that not a single farmer has committed suicide due to loan burden, he rued.
leaders of political party leaders are also making humiliating statements towards the farmers’ community, he said.
NKS co-coordinator Seshadeva Nanda, State committee member Umakanta Rout, Rashmiranjan Swain, Nimain Ray, Prasanna Kuanr, Ramakanta Jena and other members also participated in the hunger strike.