Crackdown on the peasants of Rajasthan shows

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Udaipur. The arrest of peasant leaders in Sikar and other parts of the state to suppress the movement demanding the waiver of all the loans given to the farmers is a fascist decision taken by the anti- people BJP government of Rajasthan. This was stated by all the leaders and workers of the left parties in Udaipur who demonstrated against the government’s apathy towards the peasants at the gate of the collector ‘s office of Udaipur on Tuesday. Addressing the demonstration the city secretary of CPI(M) Advocate Rajesh Singhvi said that the state government had agreed to waive loans up to Rs 50000 which would benefit 8 lakh farmers and to purchase groundnut, green gram and urad dal at minimum support price (MSP) at all district headquarters within 7 days, withdraw the hike in electricity rates for drip irrigation, pay the arrears of SC/ST/OBC scholarships immediately, relax the restrictions on the sale of cattle, take measures to protect crops from stray cattle and wild animals etc. The government had also agreed in principle to increase pension to Rs 2000 per month and write to the government of India seeking implementation of Swaminathan Commission recommendations on MSP.But all these promises have been simply hollow words after six months. Comrade Shanker Lal Choudhary, state committee member of CPI(ML) said that the budget provisions proposed by the state government have laid down such conditions that none of the promises made earlier can be fulfilled. He said that farmers will not be afraid and shall continue their struggle. Comrade Birdi Lal Chhanwal said that the jails of the state government will be flooded by the peasants and the government shall not be able to contain the peasants .The secretary of Loktantrik Adhikar evam Sadbhavna Manch Prof. Hemendra Chandalia said that the people of Rajasthan will teach a lesson to BJP in the coming elections. The demonstration was addressed by Comrade Mohan al Khokawat, district secretary of CPI(M), Dr. Chandra Dev Ola, district secretary of CPI (ML), Saurabh Naruka of AICCTU and many other leaders of the left parties.

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