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BJP backs Karnataka farmers' stir on their demands
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Dec, 2018
Main opposition BJP on Monday supported Karnataka farmers' agitation
here for meeting their demands by the state government and provide them
relief from the fallout of drought in 17 districts across the state.
"We
joined hundreds of farmers at the protest rally near the state
legislature building (Suvarna Soudha) in support of their demands,
including loan waiver, fair price for sugarcane growers and relief aid
for them and their families in drought-hit districts," tweeted BJP's
state unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa.
The massive protest
demonstration amid tight security in the state's northwest city
coincided with the opening of the 10-day winter session of the state
legislature here, about 500km northwest of Bengaluru.
"Though the
JD-S-Congress coalition government announced in July that it would
waive farm loans, thousands of farmers are yet to be freed from the debt
burden even five months after the decision" said BJP leader and
lawmaker R. Ashok on the occasion.
The BJP, which won 104 seats
in the May 12 assembly elections, also taunted state Chief Minister H.D.
Kumaraswamy for assuring the sugarcane growers of compelling the mill
owners in setting their arrears and getting fair and remunerative price
(Rs 2,750 per quintal or 100kg) as fixed by the central government but
betraying them.
"The sugarcane farmers were told on November 21
that their demands would be met by December 4 and hence should call off
their agitation. They suspended the agitation in the hope of getting
their demands met. Even a week after, no demand was met yet,"
Yeddyurappa lamented.
The BJP also slammed the government for not
providing relief aid to the farmers and the rural people in the 17
districts across the state, reeling under drought though the central
government had sanctioned funds.
"We condemn the anti-farmer
policies of this fledgling government which is yet to settle down and
perform to deliver even six months after coming to power through a
post-poll alliance to keep the BJP out of power," said Yeddyruappa in
the tweet.
Though the legislature assembly and council began the
session, the proceedings were adjourned for the day after the members
paid tributes to the three leaders who died last month in Bengaluru as a
mark of respect to them./Eom/370 words.
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