These farmers aren’t getting their land rights, or any basic amenities. They’re even threatened by displacement due to an ambitious river-linking project.
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This is an example of beating around the bush. The point is, an end CONSUMER like me has paid higher food prices in last four years — grocery, vegetables, everything. The PRODUCER, the farmer is even today saying that he isn’t getting enough for his produce. Then where has all the difference money gone? Obviously to the middlemen: wholesaler, traders at one or two middle levels, and the last-mile retail seller. ALL OF THEM, without a single exception, are BJP VOTERS.
Has Modi government EVER even proposed to tighten screws on these people? At least I have not seen it in the news, nor have I detected any change in the arrogance of last-mile retailers.
What can Mr Rajnath Singh do now? He does not belong to the innermost “trusted” circles of the government, so he is being sent to face the ire of the farmers.
This is an example of beating around the bush. The point is, an end CONSUMER like me has paid higher food prices in last four years — grocery, vegetables, everything. The PRODUCER, the farmer is even today saying that he isn’t getting enough for his produce. Then where has all the difference money gone? Obviously to the middlemen: wholesaler, traders at one or two middle levels, and the last-mile retail seller. ALL OF THEM, without a single exception, are BJP VOTERS.
Has Modi government EVER even proposed to tighten screws on these people? At least I have not seen it in the news, nor have I detected any change in the arrogance of last-mile retailers.
What can Mr Rajnath Singh do now? He does not belong to the innermost “trusted” circles of the government, so he is being sent to face the ire of the farmers.