ALL INDIA KISAN MAHASABHA STAGED DHARANA

ALL INDIA KISAN MAHASABHA STAGED DHARANA

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ARA----------------------------On behalf of All India Kisan Mahasabha Bhojpur unit, a huge one-day dharna was organized in front of Bhojpur District Magistrate Manesh Kumar Meena! The dharna was presided over by former MLA Chandradeep Singh, District President of All India Kisan Mahasabha, and Vice President of Operations Dudun Singh. This dharna was done with 12-point demands which included construction of Kadwan reservoir and modernization of Son Canal, guaranteeing water supply to the last end of the canals, repairing all closed government tube wells. Guaranteeing 22-hour power supply in all fields, waiving off all types of government loans of farmers, withdrawing fake electricity bills sent to the houses of farmers and labourers, withdrawing the policy of imposing annual tax on the houses of farmers and labourers, withdrawing double land registry fees and withdrawing the paperless policy rule, making mobile mandatory for cutting parts to be shown to patients in government hospitals, getting land papers and motions done in zonal offices. Organized with demands to stop corruption, cancel India-US agricultural trade agreement etc.

Addressing the dharna, the speakers said that the BJP government at the Center wants to put India's agricultural economy in crisis by making an India-US agricultural agreement. Ever since the BJP government has been formed, corporate houses have entered Bihar. Whose land is being given to Adani-Ambani at throwaway prices. Thousands of acres of land is being snatched from farmers in the name of township, satellite and water park! The government is only doing the work of cheating the farmers. It is happening! In 2019 itself, Modi's government had announced to give support price to the farmers but till now it has not been received. Farmers have lakhs of loans. The government is not waiving off the loans of those farmers whereas Modi's government has waived off Rs. 22000 lakh crore loan of Subhash Chandra.

Further, the farmer leaders said that the BJP government of Bihar is going to impose tax on the houses of farmers and laborers in the Panchayat, construction of Son Canal from less district, the government has been ignoring the demand for modernization for years, due to less rainfall in Bhojpur, there is a drought situation in many areas, even after half of the month of August has passed, water has not reached the end of the canals, all the government tube wells of the district are closed, there are electricity poles till the fields for irrigation and there is no transformer! Chief Minister's Despite the announcement, no one is getting electricity from 6 in the morning till 6 in the evening, on the other hand, fake bills worth lakhs of rupees have been sent to the homes of farmers and laborers. Farmers are not able to get food at the government price. Earlier they were getting ₹ 50 kg bag, it has been reduced to 45 kg and its price has also been increased due to which farmers are facing a lot of hindrance in doing farming! After the strike, a 13-point demand letter has been sent to the Bhojpur District Magistrate. Magistrate was handed over to the protest site!

District Secretary of All India Kisan Mahasabha Raju Yadav, District President and former MLA Chandradeep Singh, Dudun Singh, Devraj Kushwaha, Niranjan Singh, Ajay Singh, Suresh Singh, Manoj Yadav, Vijay Yadav, CPI(ML) State Committee member Kyamuddin Ansari, District Office Secretary Dilraj Pritam, Amit Kumar Bunty, Uday Pal, Mohd. Jamal Asraf and many others participated in the protest.