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Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association here connected Wednesday staged a dharna raising respective demands, including a instrumentality guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Some of the key demands of the protesters, included fixing crop prices based connected the Swaminathan Committee recommendation and enactment of a cardinal instrumentality guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP).
S. P. Elangovan, 1 of the organisers, said, loans obtained by the farmers from nationalised banks should beryllium waived fully. “When the Union government can waive crore of loans obtained by corporates, why cannot they bash it for us,” helium questioned.
“Withdraw the Electricity Amendment Bill 2025, which threatens escaped energy for farmers and huts, 100 escaped units for houses, and subsidised powerfulness for tiny businesses,” helium added.
He demanded for the repeal of Seed Act 2025 which allows firm companies to monopolise seed accumulation and would assistance successful destroying Indian agriculture.
The authorities should instrumentality harvest security schemes straight alternatively than allowing firm companies to nett from catastrophe compensation, the protesters demanded.
The protesters besides condemned the replacement of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act with the caller scheme, acquisition of cultivation onshore for concern growth, among others.
Their request besides included resuming operations of the National Cooperative Sugar Mill at Alanganallur.
