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Farmers' body, Opposition to discuss 2 bills

The two Bills are about clearing debts of farmers and on guaranteed remunerative minimum support prices for farm produce.

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Four months after a massive Kisan Mukti Sansad was held at Parliament Street, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) is going to hold a round table with opposition parties on two Bills they prepared during the Kisan Sansad. The AIKSCC has invited most opposition parties ranging from Congress, Communist Party of India to Trinamool Congress (TMC) to attend the round table in a bid to push these Bills in Parliament.

The two Bills are about clearing debts of farmers and on guaranteed remunerative minimum support prices for farm produce. Former NDA ally and farm leader Raju Shetti of Shetkari Sanghatana said that these Bills would be presented as Private Member's Bills in both Houses of Parliament, mostly in the monsoon session. Shetti also met TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday to extend an invitation to the round table and Banerjee said that TMC leader and former union minister Dinesh Trivedi will attend the meeting. She expressed her support for the cause of farmers, Shetti said.

"These are Bills made by farmers of this country. I am only submitting them to the Parliament on behalf of the farmers of this country. It is important to note that this is the very first time that farmers' movements have come up with statutory frameworks that will confer them legal rights on two very crucial issues which have become life-and-death issues for the farmers: freedom from indebtedness and guaranteed remunerative prices", said Raju Shetti of Swabhimani Paksha, and sitting MP of Lok Sabha.

For the Kisan Sansad in November, farmers affiliated to 184 organisations in 25 states of the country came together under the umbrella of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) after finishing a 10,000kms yatra. After discussing the Bills with farmers from all corners of the country, they were finalised and it was decided then to forward it to all political parties.

Bills By Farmers

  • Farmers affiliated to 184 organisations came together in November. After discussing the two Bills with farmers from all over the country, they were finalised and it was decided then to forward it to all political parties
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