‘Central govt is not doing anything’: Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on farmers’ issues

BELAGAVI: Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday, responding to the BJP MLAs’ protest against the state government at the Suvarna Soudha, stated that it has provided support to the farmers and the BJP MLAs should instead question the central government on its negligence towards the issues raised by the farmers.

“We want them to discuss about North Karnataka. We want them to discuss why the Central government is not helping the farmers. There is a big crisis among farmers over sugarcane prices. The government of Karnataka has supported them. Central government is not doing anything… We want them to raise their voice against the central government…” he said.

#WATCH | Belagavi | On BJP MLAs to protest against the state government in the Suvarna Soudha today, Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar says, “We want them to discuss about North Karnataka. We want them to discuss why the Central government is not helping the farmers. There is a big… pic.twitter.com/ifYIJ9TWDD

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Meanwhile, the Bhartiya Janata Party workers are all set to hold a protest against the state government to highlight and address the farmers’ issues today in the Sauvarna Soudha.

Earlier on Tuesday, Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra slammed Congress for not resolving the issues. He stated that the Congress government has neglected the issues being faced by the farmers.

“Because of the infighting within the ruling Congress government, issues pertaining to the farmers have been totally neglected by this Congress government. Sugarcane growers have been fighting on the streets for the last two months, but till now, there is no clear solution to this protest. The demand of the maize growers was very simple; they were only demanding that the government open procurement centres. Even this did not happen…” he said.

#WATCH | Belagavi | BJP to protest against the state’s Congress government, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra says, “Because of the infighting within the ruling Congress government, issues pertaining by the farmers have been totally neglected by this Congress government.… pic.twitter.com/7VToPyDuqp

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Vijayendra highlighted that even though the fixed price of Rs 2,400 per quintal was set by the central government, the maize growers had to sell it to the middlemen for Rs 1,500-1,600 due to the unavailability of procurement centres. He further mentioned that the farmers were not compensated for the crop loss due to flooding across the state.

“The central government had set a fixed price of Rs 2,400 per quintal. Since there were no procurement centres, the maize farmers were forced to sell their crop to middlemen for Rs 1,500-1,600 per quintal. After the recent floods across the state, there was a huge crop loss, and the farmers were demanding proper compensation, which has not been granted… Taking all these issues, the BJP will be protesting here today”, he added. (ANI)