Farmers are reported to have lost as much as Rs 36,000 crores or more on seven major crops of paddy, maize, soybean, cotton, bajra, groundnut, and urad during the now-ending Kharif season because of the huge differentiation between their MSPs and realized actual market prices.
This may have driven the Union govt right in the eye of the hurricane.
As if the high-decibel campaign of the opposition were not enough projecting the govt as a 'friend' of the industrial class, farmers, too, have joined the ring to corner the NDA government. And this is the way all classical political campaigns are woven and mounted to neutralize a political opponent.
On October 09, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a nationwide coalition of over 180 farmer organizations, announced the beginning of its "#KisanKiLoot" (Looting the Farmer) campaign ahead of the countrywide farmers' rally in the Capital on November 20.
"The #KisanKiLoot campaign intends to showcase to the nation how farmers are being denied remunerative prices after all the hardships and risks that they face in producing food for the nation," AIKCC said in a statement.
Of course, some of the leaders associated with the AIKCC may be sworn opponent of the PM. But that is not the issue. And if the NDA government focuses on combating these individuals and their political agenda cloaked in the garb of farmers' interests instead of addressing the critical issue of the mounting trade deficit of the rural areas versus the urban areas of the country, it runs the real risk of losing its credibility and hence the voters' support. The consequences could be disastrous.
It's no wonder that the escalating agrarian crisis has been fueling the opposition's campaign against the BJP and has even emboldened them to question the NaMo administration's all-out war against black money - which has actually stripped them of their ill-gotten wealth and funds.
Apprehending the way the way the left-secular scoundrels function in this country, Indianmandarins has warned the government from 2014 onwards that any laxity in dealing with the issues of farmers may tantamount to committing a political 'harakiri'. So both of them can't say anymore that they were not warned in time.
If the NDA government cares at all about winning the next round of national election, it's time it listened to sage advice of the Sangh as well as all its affiliates who have reportedly told the PM to gear up to implement the BJP manifesto that had promised in the 2014 elections that MSPs would be fixed at 50 per cent margin above the cost of production.
(By M K Shukla and Rakesh Ranjan)
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A high-intensity political hurricane in the making?
By IndianMandarins - 2017-11-10 22:26:15
Farmers are reported to have lost as much as Rs 36,000 crores or more on seven major crops of paddy, maize, soybean, cotton, bajra, groundnut, and urad during the now-ending Kharif season because of the huge differentiation between their MSPs and realized actual market prices.
This may have driven the Union govt right in the eye of the hurricane.
As if the high-decibel campaign of the opposition were not enough projecting the govt as a 'friend' of the industrial class, farmers, too, have joined the ring to corner the NDA government. And this is the way all classical political campaigns are woven and mounted to neutralize a political opponent.
On October 09, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), a nationwide coalition of over 180 farmer organizations, announced the beginning of its "#KisanKiLoot" (Looting the Farmer) campaign ahead of the countrywide farmers' rally in the Capital on November 20.
"The #KisanKiLoot campaign intends to showcase to the nation how farmers are being denied remunerative prices after all the hardships and risks that they face in producing food for the nation," AIKCC said in a statement.
Of course, some of the leaders associated with the AIKCC may be sworn opponent of the PM. But that is not the issue. And if the NDA government focuses on combating these individuals and their political agenda cloaked in the garb of farmers' interests instead of addressing the critical issue of the mounting trade deficit of the rural areas versus the urban areas of the country, it runs the real risk of losing its credibility and hence the voters' support. The consequences could be disastrous.
It's no wonder that the escalating agrarian crisis has been fueling the opposition's campaign against the BJP and has even emboldened them to question the NaMo administration's all-out war against black money - which has actually stripped them of their ill-gotten wealth and funds.
Apprehending the way the way the left-secular scoundrels function in this country, Indianmandarins has warned the government from 2014 onwards that any laxity in dealing with the issues of farmers may tantamount to committing a political 'harakiri'. So both of them can't say anymore that they were not warned in time.
If the NDA government cares at all about winning the next round of national election, it's time it listened to sage advice of the Sangh as well as all its affiliates who have reportedly told the PM to gear up to implement the BJP manifesto that had promised in the 2014 elections that MSPs would be fixed at 50 per cent margin above the cost of production.
(By M K Shukla and Rakesh Ranjan)
