Former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday once again urged the BJP led Central Government to start a dialogue with the agitating farmers to redress their grievances against the three farm laws.
Hooda says that it has been 11 months since the farmers are away from their homes and families, sitting on Delhi border and on different dharnas against the central farm laws.
“The demands of the farmers are completely justified. Despite this, the government is not ready to change its adamant stand. The government should start the dialogue again without delay, taking a step forward in the national interest and in the honor of Annadata,” the senior Congress leader said.
The Leader of Opposition also said that today, farmers in Haryana are facing the brunt due to ignorance of the BJP-JJP led coalition State Government.
Farmers are forced to roam around for DAP fertilizer. Even after waiting in long queues for several hours, the farmers are not getting enough fertilizer and sowing for the next crop season is getting delayed in the state, he alleged.
Hooda further said that the government is neither able to provide fertilizers to the farmers at the time of sowing nor is it giving MSP to the farmers at the time of selling of produce. A large number of farmers were deprived of MSP due to delay in procurement of paddy and non-lifting. The government had also refused to buy bajra, he added.
