Mysuru: The Union Minister for the welfare of agriculture and farmers, Shobha Karandlaje, said that those who protested in Delhi on actions related to agriculture were not farmers, “but the intermediary for agriculture and intermediaries”.
Speaking after the Yatre Janasheervada program was held here to create awareness about the central government scheme, he said: “Middlemen who is part of the Agricultural Product Market Committee (APMC) in Punjab and Haryana protested because they used farmers for a good commission.” He also said that protests at Karnataka on these actions were also politically motivated.
“The new law will support farmers to trade their results from Ambit APMC.
This will help farmers get better prices for their products,” he said.
Farmers’ protests were more angry by the Minister’s statement, farmers, led by their leader Kurubur Shanthakumar, protested and also Gherao during the yatre launch.
“How dare he call farmers as brokers and intermediaries? During his speech in 2014, the Prime Minister Modi has promised to introduce the Swaminathan commission report.
But the report has not been implemented.
Modi has promised to double the income of farmers.
But what has increased is the price of fertilizer and Seeds, doubling expenses for agricultural activities, “Shanthakumar said.
He also accused Shobha, by sowing rice seeds at Mandya, trying to get cheap publicity.
“As a minister, it was not his job.
He must bring a welfare program to save farmers.
Over the past two years, farmers have not received compensation for loss of plants.
The central government has not completed the price of Fair & Remunerative (FRP) for sugar cane,” he said .m
Middlemen, not Ryots, protest in Delhi: Shobha
