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Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) volition observe Farmers’ Day connected December 23 by unveiling a statue of precocious husbandman person K.S. Puttannaiah and holding a district-level farmers’ normal against the anti-farmer policies of the Centre and State governments.
KRRS person Badagalapura Nagendra told reporters present connected Thursday that December 23 was Puttannaiah’s 76th commencement day arsenic good arsenic the Farmers’ Day. The statue unveiling volition instrumentality spot astatine the Ilwala Santhe Maidan, followed by a normal of farmers and the passing of resolutions against the government's anti-farmer policies.
Office bearers of KRRS, its women’s and younker wings, arsenic good arsenic representatives from KRRS successful Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Ramanagara, Hassan, and Dakshina Kannada districts, volition enactment successful the programme.
‘Dangerous policies by Centre’
Five years aft the historical agitation by the farmers successful the nationalist superior that forced the rollback of 3 anti-farmer cultivation laws, the Union Government was present attempting to present “even much unsafe policies,” viz, National Policy Framework connected Agricultural Marketing 2025, draught Seeds Bill 2025 and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025.
“These are being pushed aggressively for implementation,” said Mr. Nagendra portion expressing interest that the policies, if implemented, volition severely harm India’s farming civilization and manus implicit the full cultivation assemblage to firm companies. “Farmers volition suffer their livelihood information and beryllium near astatine the mercy of corporations,” Mr. Nagendra feared.
He urged the Congress party, which had opposed the anti-farmer policies astatine the Centre, to determine against implementing these policies successful Karnataka. “Otherwise, the farmers volition reason that determination is nary quality betwixt the BJP and the Congress,” helium said.
The KRRS has voiced its absorption to immoderate statement with the United States successful the upcoming commercialized deals that would flood the Indian marketplace with American fabric and its byproducts, too the byproducts of American dairy and fish.
“This volition devastate Indian farmers and propulsion them into poverty. A agreed and organized conflict indispensable beryllium launched against these policies of the Centre,” Mr. Nagendra said earlier alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reportedly succumbing to the U.S. pressure.
Mr. Nagendra sought to punctual the Congress authorities successful the State astir the committedness it made successful its 2023 Assembly elections manifesto to retreat the Land Reforms Amendment Act and the Cattle Slaughter Prohibition Act. He urged the State authorities to retreat some the authorities successful the upcoming wintertime league of the State Assembly and state that the Centre’s anti-farmer policies volition not beryllium implemented successful the State.
The KRRS person urged the authorities to instantly unfastened paddy procurement centres. Though the registration for paddy procurement had begun, the procurement centres had not been opened yet. As harvesting had already started, the authorities should instantly unfastened the procurement centres, helium said.
He further urged the authorities to acquisition rice, ragi, jowar, oilseeds, and pulses that were required for the Public Distribution System (PDS) straight from the farmers.
