Demanding removal of central minister for agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh for his alleged statement demeaning farmers and their occupation, Rastriya lok Dal (RlD) workers led by RlD state president Munna Singh Chauhan took out a procession and later burnt the effigy of prime minister at GPO on Monday.
Earlier, the workers assembled at the party headquarters in the morning. RlD leaders addressed the gathering while berating the central government for it faulty policy to address the farmers’ problems. They then moved towards Vidhan Sabha and later to GPO.
Addressing the gathering at the GPO, Chauhan said BJP had adopted an anti farmer policy to benefit the industrialists who fund for it. He said the worse thing happening these days was that the BJP ministers were making irresponsible statement on farmer related issue. The leader said the statement made by the central agricultural minister was not only unbecoming but was strongly condemnable.
Chauhan said it was an uncomfortable movement for the parliamentarians in lok Sabha and Rajy Sabha when the minister for agriculture made such statement.
He demanded the prime minister to get the arrears of sugarcane farmers be cleared so that the farmers may bear the expenses of their family. Seeking an apology from prime minister on the issue, he demanded the prime minister to remove the minister.
State secretary Kiran Singh, Bl Premi, president of women cell of the party, Ramawati Tiwari and other senior leaders were present on this occasion.