The video statement by Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar runs counter to the idea of the contentious farm laws.
Chandigarh:
The Haryana government should care about Haryana farmers and “not have to worry about other states,” Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said earlier this month, refusing to source crops other states. Mr Khattar’s video statement, widely shared on social media, runs counter to the idea of contentious farm laws that promise barrier-free trade in markets and at prices chosen by the farmer.
The chief minister said so on September 17 while praising farm laws.
“We will ensure that the corn and bajra from the farmers of Haryana are completely purchased. We will not let it happen that farmers in other states profit by selling it in our state. We need to care about the farmers in our state. “I don’t have to worry about other states,” he said.
He also accused Congress of politicizing the issue. The opposition criticized the way the three main agricultural bills were passed in parliament and alleged that the bills were put to a vote by vote in violation of the rules.
Haryana’s chief minister said congressional-ruled states like Punjab and Rajasthan do not buy crops like maize and bajra at the minimum support price (MSP), forcing farmers to sell their crops. produced in Haryana.
“Congress makes it political. But I have a question for them. Why don’t their governments in Punjab and Rajasthan do it (get corn and bajra)? We won’t buy corn and bajra with other states because we are the ones who incur them. It is the part of the farmers of Haryana, ”he said.
On Monday, around 50 farmers in Uttar Pradesh were barred from entering neighboring Karnal district in Haryana to sell their rice crop to government-run mandis (wholesale markets), despite the Controversial farm bills – which promise trade without barriers in markets and farmer’s choice prices – having been promulgated on Sunday evening.
Huge protests by farmers have taken place over the laws, especially in Punjab and Haryana, states which are dubbed the country’s grain bowl.
The issue of the minimum price at which the government buys food grains is at the heart of widespread protests against the farm law, with some farmers arguing that the price – which is a guarantee of return on their hard work – has been abolished by the center and that they will now have to face powerful companies that will insist on paying lower rates.
