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The number of individuals knowledgeable about the farming community is amazing. Amongst the various stories floated by the government and associates / supporters is (i) A few states corner the MSP story. Unless you wish to quote 2012 – 13 data it is untrue. Current data will indicate that paddy was procured from over 11 states. Punjab and Haryana contributed about 35% of this. Wheat was procured mainly from the northers states (as major growers) and Punjab and Haryana contributed about 40 % of that. Madhya Pradesh was the state from which the largest wheat procurement was made. Orissa has recently asked for the government to provide MSP on 23 crops. Crops which are procured currently include non paddy – wheat cereals , maize, groundnut, various lentils/”dals”, various edible oils and so on. It would be good if people noted that Punjab does not feature anywhere in the procurement of these non paddy – wheat items, (ii) further it should be understand that different parts of India implemented the Mandi/procurement system at different times, and the north implemented it earlier than the east and so on, and so to that extent the MSP procurement is better organized in the north. It would be goo also to know the condition of the Bihar farmer where Nitish bhai / BJP removed the MSP story, (iii) 60% of Indian farmers cannot produce enough to sell any worthwhile surplus crop to anyone let alone under MSP – so all the statistics which use the entire farmer base as a reference indicates a lack of understanding and bias., (iv) the stories about the procurement by the FCI and quality control may be correct – settle the centrally / BJP run FCI, (v) if the FCI cannot total the correct amount of procurement – settle the centrally / BJP run FCI, (vi) the so called middleman is the money lender to 60% of the farmers – not the government. As per news media the TN CM is a well respected land owner and money lender. Possibly these individuals need to get in touch with him and get the true story, (vii) the shopkeeper is the ultimate middleman. The recent Ambani purchase of paddy from South India was thru a middleman. That is the nature of purchase – processing and distribution. Don’t blame the farmer or the middleman.
To some extent, you are right. These paper tigers of the BJP are Modi’s creation. Just like Indira Gandhi, Modi has surrounded himself with yespersons, who look towards him for their survival. To neutralize this fake kisaan andolan, the ground level leadership, which is totally weak, must be strengthened. Also one should not overlook the fact that the agitation in northern part of India is led by those who have been controlling the market committees since long. They are totally dependent on some patronage from abroad. Most of those present in these rallies are those who hire labourers to work in fields and have multiple businesses to survive a long stir, and others are hired with mysterious funds on daily basis with free flow of liquor.
It is the false narrative being spread by the leftist media and so-called liberals that the amassing of agitating crowds and section of which indulged in violence on 26 th January are fighting for the cause of farmers or concerned with perceived economic distress which the implementation of three farms laws may inflict upon poor farmers. it has two dimensions. One , Its economic cause is that implementation of these laws in long run will make middle men –Artiyas – to loose financial clout on poor farmers. Hence they are financing and supporting this agitation. Second , it is a proxy politico- battle being fought by the discarded, defeated erst-while ruling dynasty and some of ex-regional bosses who lost people confidence and support . The leftist journalists are aware of these facts but they seems to have chosen to misrepresent and mis-report actual facts to their readers .
As far as BJP s second lines of leaders and BJP supporters in the street all know it well that ultimately this so-called agitation is doomed to failure as it has not got any public support outside 20-30 districts of north India. That support too will be waning as all prolonged agitations are taken away by disruptive forces and This agitation is no exception. One act of this drama was enacted on 26.01.2021 on the campus of Lal quila. The support sought and extended by westrn pop-singers, femal porn stars , leftist journalists , professional Modi –haters petty leaders / politicians who have never got 10 % of the votes polled in election, will not make illegitimate demands of agitating farmer legitimate as so-called farmer leaders have not been able point out to the Government, the nation , The Supreme Court, infirmities in these laws . When Government is ready to rectify any shortcoming in the laws,, What is problem in telling the problem area ??
One more thing – It will be too early to declare Modi will loose next election due to farmers agitation. Elections in India have been won or lost due to TINA ( there is no alternative ) factor . And where there is alternative ,, people compare the persona of Modi verse Rahul , people compare party s composition and character — Congress verse BJP, BJP verse Gathbandhan . Results are/ will be obvious.
Dont say no alternative to Modi. Was there alternative to Nehru, Indira, Rajiv. Nature will always throw up someone. Nothing is
permanent in this world and everything passes.
Author really has no clue about BJP’s organisational structure. There is a reason why nobody has gone to protesting “farmers” – BJP doesn’t want to be seen talking to anarchists.
Author should stand in local body elections against these so called paper tigers – losing deposit against these paper tigers will bring in some insights.
It is a lesson in Management that those who don’t delegate, don’t live to tell the tale. The problem with being authoritative when you’re the head of a major company or political party of country is that you end up becoming the bottle-neck; so used to not taking decisions or actions independently and conforming to a feudal mind-set might be alright in a state where your right hand man runs 20 portfolios for you, but up the scale and suddenly you’re surrounded by token sloganeers and closet insecure underlings. If there is something you can learn from the book “Half-Lion” it is now Dr. Rao ensured to surround himself with folks who could carry weight, sure, they were not political heavy-weights but the need of the hour was different and so you had Dr. Singh & Chidambaram and others taking bold steps and holding fort as they went about dismantling the old style of governance. It looks like the loss of Mrs. Sushma Swaraj & Arun Jaitley is too dear still, Mr. Gadkari can hold fort, but more is needed. People of action and not just the loudest voices in an echo chamber.
This battle, as the Editor said, is well and truly lost. All that remains is to sweep away the detritus of the party after the revellers have gone home.
Mr Minister stop bluffing. You can no more make people fools. Your PM have no guts to talk to the protesting farmers. You still blame farmers. Secondly, tell me our Hon’ble PM is a Chaiwaala or son of Chaiwalaa?
You have to take responsibility for what you publish on your portal. If D.K.Singh is your political editor, what is written here cannot be his personal view. Please stop covering your ass!
Secondly, why do you north Indians think that Punjab and Haryana are the center of gravity of India? Though there have been sympathetic protests in other parts, they are merely tokenism. Farmers in the South find it convenient to enter into contract farming agreement with companies who also provide them seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.
No one obiviously including government and media has guts to clearly state why certain community where there is 95 percent procurement by “GOVERNMENT” are protesting.
Because corruption in procurement is a beneficial to farmers, middlemen, government employees , politicians and journalist ( journalist are paid to keep mum about the scam)
There is no quality control over procurement.
THE procurement is shown far in excess of actual procurement and the proceeds are distributed to all above mentioned benefactors.
THE solution is to break this nexus by procurement on MSP from all states in INDIA and not 2 and 1/4 area of INDIA.
Will ultra left wing radicals and jihadist ensure trouble when such a policy is implemented. Ofcourse they will or else they will anyways find another way to create trouble.
However BJP will win with greater numbers is procurement and therefore resources are distributed in a open manner to farmers all over INDIA.
Or the PM could just create the post of ‘Raisena Hills Press Secretary’, hire a press secretary, who will immediately counter opposing statements with facts. The PM has a problem of not communicating their ideas effectively, which can be solved by hiring a press secretary.
The number of individuals knowledgeable about the farming community is amazing. Amongst the various stories floated by the government and associates / supporters is (i) A few states corner the MSP story. Unless you wish to quote 2012 – 13 data it is untrue. Current data will indicate that paddy was procured from over 11 states. Punjab and Haryana contributed about 35% of this. Wheat was procured mainly from the northers states (as major growers) and Punjab and Haryana contributed about 40 % of that. Madhya Pradesh was the state from which the largest wheat procurement was made. Orissa has recently asked for the government to provide MSP on 23 crops. Crops which are procured currently include non paddy – wheat cereals , maize, groundnut, various lentils/”dals”, various edible oils and so on. It would be good if people noted that Punjab does not feature anywhere in the procurement of these non paddy – wheat items, (ii) further it should be understand that different parts of India implemented the Mandi/procurement system at different times, and the north implemented it earlier than the east and so on, and so to that extent the MSP procurement is better organized in the north. It would be goo also to know the condition of the Bihar farmer where Nitish bhai / BJP removed the MSP story, (iii) 60% of Indian farmers cannot produce enough to sell any worthwhile surplus crop to anyone let alone under MSP – so all the statistics which use the entire farmer base as a reference indicates a lack of understanding and bias., (iv) the stories about the procurement by the FCI and quality control may be correct – settle the centrally / BJP run FCI, (v) if the FCI cannot total the correct amount of procurement – settle the centrally / BJP run FCI, (vi) the so called middleman is the money lender to 60% of the farmers – not the government. As per news media the TN CM is a well respected land owner and money lender. Possibly these individuals need to get in touch with him and get the true story, (vii) the shopkeeper is the ultimate middleman. The recent Ambani purchase of paddy from South India was thru a middleman. That is the nature of purchase – processing and distribution. Don’t blame the farmer or the middleman.
To some extent, you are right. These paper tigers of the BJP are Modi’s creation. Just like Indira Gandhi, Modi has surrounded himself with yespersons, who look towards him for their survival. To neutralize this fake kisaan andolan, the ground level leadership, which is totally weak, must be strengthened. Also one should not overlook the fact that the agitation in northern part of India is led by those who have been controlling the market committees since long. They are totally dependent on some patronage from abroad. Most of those present in these rallies are those who hire labourers to work in fields and have multiple businesses to survive a long stir, and others are hired with mysterious funds on daily basis with free flow of liquor.
The fact remains the Ruling Party and Ministers are clueless.
Good analysis by Dk. Singh.
It is the false narrative being spread by the leftist media and so-called liberals that the amassing of agitating crowds and section of which indulged in violence on 26 th January are fighting for the cause of farmers or concerned with perceived economic distress which the implementation of three farms laws may inflict upon poor farmers. it has two dimensions. One , Its economic cause is that implementation of these laws in long run will make middle men –Artiyas – to loose financial clout on poor farmers. Hence they are financing and supporting this agitation. Second , it is a proxy politico- battle being fought by the discarded, defeated erst-while ruling dynasty and some of ex-regional bosses who lost people confidence and support . The leftist journalists are aware of these facts but they seems to have chosen to misrepresent and mis-report actual facts to their readers .
As far as BJP s second lines of leaders and BJP supporters in the street all know it well that ultimately this so-called agitation is doomed to failure as it has not got any public support outside 20-30 districts of north India. That support too will be waning as all prolonged agitations are taken away by disruptive forces and This agitation is no exception. One act of this drama was enacted on 26.01.2021 on the campus of Lal quila. The support sought and extended by westrn pop-singers, femal porn stars , leftist journalists , professional Modi –haters petty leaders / politicians who have never got 10 % of the votes polled in election, will not make illegitimate demands of agitating farmer legitimate as so-called farmer leaders have not been able point out to the Government, the nation , The Supreme Court, infirmities in these laws . When Government is ready to rectify any shortcoming in the laws,, What is problem in telling the problem area ??
One more thing – It will be too early to declare Modi will loose next election due to farmers agitation. Elections in India have been won or lost due to TINA ( there is no alternative ) factor . And where there is alternative ,, people compare the persona of Modi verse Rahul , people compare party s composition and character — Congress verse BJP, BJP verse Gathbandhan . Results are/ will be obvious.
Dont say no alternative to Modi. Was there alternative to Nehru, Indira, Rajiv. Nature will always throw up someone. Nothing is
permanent in this world and everything passes.
Author really has no clue about BJP’s organisational structure. There is a reason why nobody has gone to protesting “farmers” – BJP doesn’t want to be seen talking to anarchists.
Author should stand in local body elections against these so called paper tigers – losing deposit against these paper tigers will bring in some insights.
why will the farmers understand when their excess income depends on not understanding it?
And the middlemen dont want to pay tax — so?
It is a lesson in Management that those who don’t delegate, don’t live to tell the tale. The problem with being authoritative when you’re the head of a major company or political party of country is that you end up becoming the bottle-neck; so used to not taking decisions or actions independently and conforming to a feudal mind-set might be alright in a state where your right hand man runs 20 portfolios for you, but up the scale and suddenly you’re surrounded by token sloganeers and closet insecure underlings. If there is something you can learn from the book “Half-Lion” it is now Dr. Rao ensured to surround himself with folks who could carry weight, sure, they were not political heavy-weights but the need of the hour was different and so you had Dr. Singh & Chidambaram and others taking bold steps and holding fort as they went about dismantling the old style of governance. It looks like the loss of Mrs. Sushma Swaraj & Arun Jaitley is too dear still, Mr. Gadkari can hold fort, but more is needed. People of action and not just the loudest voices in an echo chamber.
btw, brilliant article as always 🙂
This battle, as the Editor said, is well and truly lost. All that remains is to sweep away the detritus of the party after the revellers have gone home.
Does The Print agree with their opinion writer’s highlighting of the Khap panchayats as the pre-eminent power centres of the Jat community?
Mr Minister stop bluffing. You can no more make people fools. Your PM have no guts to talk to the protesting farmers. You still blame farmers. Secondly, tell me our Hon’ble PM is a Chaiwaala or son of Chaiwalaa?
Paper tigers are those who didn’t pay a visit to the 400 injured policemen in hospital.
Dear Print,
You have to take responsibility for what you publish on your portal. If D.K.Singh is your political editor, what is written here cannot be his personal view. Please stop covering your ass!
Secondly, why do you north Indians think that Punjab and Haryana are the center of gravity of India? Though there have been sympathetic protests in other parts, they are merely tokenism. Farmers in the South find it convenient to enter into contract farming agreement with companies who also provide them seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.
I can summarize your thoughts from this article with these points.
1). Farmer leaders wants to engage in talks but BJP leaders (Especially Jat) leaders should take the initiation.
2). Rajnath Singh should take the initiation to resolve the issue, so that Farmer leaders have a face saving excuse.
3). Rakesh Tikait will contest next elections on RLD ticket with his two minute fame.
4). This article is nothing but a co-opted journalism not un-hyphenated journalism as Sekhar Gupta claims.
No one obiviously including government and media has guts to clearly state why certain community where there is 95 percent procurement by “GOVERNMENT” are protesting.
Because corruption in procurement is a beneficial to farmers, middlemen, government employees , politicians and journalist ( journalist are paid to keep mum about the scam)
There is no quality control over procurement.
THE procurement is shown far in excess of actual procurement and the proceeds are distributed to all above mentioned benefactors.
THE solution is to break this nexus by procurement on MSP from all states in INDIA and not 2 and 1/4 area of INDIA.
Will ultra left wing radicals and jihadist ensure trouble when such a policy is implemented. Ofcourse they will or else they will anyways find another way to create trouble.
However BJP will win with greater numbers is procurement and therefore resources are distributed in a open manner to farmers all over INDIA.
Or the PM could just create the post of ‘Raisena Hills Press Secretary’, hire a press secretary, who will immediately counter opposing statements with facts. The PM has a problem of not communicating their ideas effectively, which can be solved by hiring a press secretary.