Haryana Congress has dismissed the decision of the Union Government to scrap the import duty on wheat as a “reprehensible extension of the pronounced anti-farmer agenda of the BJP-led NDA Government,” and demanded its immediate rollback.
Kiran Choudhry, leader of the Haryana Congress legislature Party on Monday said that the decision would have suicidal effect on the farming community, which is already reeling under financial stress due to failed crops, wrong policies pursued by the BJP Governments at the Centre and in the state, and the debilitating effect of demonetisation of currency notes on the growers.
The former excise and taxation minister said, “The decision to scrap wheat import duty is bad news for the farmers as cheap imports would turn the traders away from buying their produce.”
“After getting cheap wheat from other countries, the government generally dithers over giving full MSP to the farmers, citing one excuse or the other. The decision is a reprehensible extension of the pronounced anti-farmer agenda of the BJP-led NDA Government, and should be immediately rolled back”, she demanded.
“Should the NDA Government refuse to roll back the decision, the farmers will be left with no option but to resort to agitation and the Congress Party would stand by them,” Choudhry said.
The Congress leader also lashed out at the BJP led Central Government for demonetisation decision saying that the move is aimed at befooling the people. While the move was aimed at keeping a check on black money but instead common man is suffering due to this from past one month, she added.