Kisan Sabha holds meeting over ‘anti-farmer’ trade deal in Hisar
Other issues that were taken up include treacherous attitude of the Haryana Government with regard to denial of genuine compensation on account of crop damages by floods, shielding of private insurance companies corruption scandals and inaction in the ghost paddy procurement scandal
The Haryana state committee of the All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has endorsed the calls of struggles given by the National Council of Sanyukta Kisan Morcha held on Tuesday in Kurukshetra.
At a meeting presided over by Master Balbir Singh here on Thursday, national vice- president Inderjit Singh explained how the unilateral and anti-farmer trade deal with the United States was harmful for the already crisis-ridden farmers in the wake of flooding of the vast Indian market by the US under the unequal deal. Other issues that were taken up include treacherous attitude of the Haryana Government with regard to denial of genuine compensation on account of crop damages by floods, shielding of private insurance companies corruption scandals and inaction in the ghost paddy procurement scandal.
AIKS state committee has urged the state government to give loan waiver relief to the indebted farmers in the forthcoming budget of the Haryana Assembly.
It was decided at the meeting that the activists of the Kisan Sabha would approach the farmers across the state before March 9 to make them aware of the threats posed by free-trade agreements through abolition of import tariffs. AIKS will take part in the “parallel session” of the farmers and workers to be organised jointly by the trade unions and SKM at Jantar mantar on March 9, when Parliament resumes its Budget session to demand withdrawal of Electricity Amendment Bill, the Seeds Bill, Labour codes and restoration of MGNREGA.
State general secretary Sumit said a huge panchayat would be held at a date and place to be finalised at the Haryana SKM meeting to be held soon.
