In Odisha election season, farmers’ plight remains firmly on politicians’ lips
It is pertinent to note here around 75 per cent of the population in the State takes up farming activity with paddy being the principal crop grown here.
It is pertinent to note here around 75 per cent of the population in the State takes up farming activity with paddy being the principal crop grown here.
The Congress has blamed the BJP and BRS for complaining to the ECI and stopping the scheme before polling. Voting will take place in Telangana on 13 May.
Discussing Hathras, the CM highlighted its rich heritage, being the birthplace of numerous eminent individuals, including litterateurs and poets like Kaka Hathrasi.
Hannan Mollah, 78, general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), played a key role in the farmers movement that followed the passage of the three controversial farm laws.
Announcements almost every other day compel us to believe that India is now the fifth largest economy in the world; that India will be a $5 trillion economy very soon; that India will be the third largest economy of the world in 2027, and that India will become a developed nation in 2047.
Khattar claimed that the development works done in last 2,500 days is something the previous governments had 'failed' to deliver even in their 50 years of tenure.
Reacting to the BJP's plan to hold Kisan Sammelans in the state to reach out to farmers, Akhilesh said, "When the time has come for the 'Annadata' to become a voter, the BJP remembers farmers. Farmers are not going to fall into the trap of the BJP. In 2022, farmers will vote unitedly against the BJP."
"On August 9, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi gave the clarion call to the British rulers to 'Quit India', which was finally overthrown after five years. Today, the present government at the Centre is attempting to strangle democracy, and freedom of expressions by the use of Pegasus,"
The farmers reached the protest venue chanting slogans, demanding rollback of the three farm laws passed by the Central government.
Intelligence reports suggest, with the Assembly elections in Punjab scheduled early next year, ISI-led Khalistani and Kashmiri terror outfits are planning terrorist actions in the state in the near future.
