The Karnataka chief minister stands accused of being complacent with his presentation of the agriculture budget, for he seems to be the only person happy about it.
Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa stands accused of being complacent with his presentation of the agriculture budget, for he seems to be the only person happy about it. The farmers, for whom the budget was conceptualised, are not so content about its offerings.
In a meet organised to analyse the state budget on agriculture held in the legislature house by the Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha (KPRS) on Saturday, many farmers condemned the budget. They said that it is a boon to the land mafia and a bane to the agricultural labourers.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) state secretary GN Nagaraj, who delivered the inaugural address, said that the so-called agricultural budget presented by Yeddyurappa would snatch the ownership of middle-class farmers and would hand the ownership to private companies. “The budget also did not shed light on the facilities that the agricultural labourers can avail,” he pointed out.
Farmers opined that the proposed amendment to the Land Reforms Act would encourage land mafia across the state as there would be relaxation of buying and selling of agricultural lands. “The chief minister spoke about offering loans to farmers with 1 per cent interest. However, he neglected lakhs of farmers who are burdened with loans from private banks,” said Raghu K, a farmer from Devanahalli.
KPRS general secretary JC Bayya Reddy said that the agricultural budget is more of a media hype and it is nothing but a ‘cut and paste’ exercise.
Reddy further stated that there are hidden interests of the Sangh Parivar, as the budget allocated special funds and lands to organic farming, ‘goshalas’, and bio-fuel.
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