Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana founder and Lok Sabha MP Raju Shetti said that he would be supporting the no confidence motion moved by Opposition in Lok Sabha against Narendra Modi Government. He said that he would support Government if it announces complete loan waiver for farmers in country.
Speaking to media persons in Nagpur, Shetti said that he has called off milk strike in Maharashtra but it is for the reason that state Government has taken a welcome decision. He said that he has always said that he opposes government and welcomes its decisions when the decisions are in the interest of farmers. He said that war with state Government is now over but it does not mean that he would go for alliance with BJP.
Earlier, an end to the four-day agitation by dairy farmers appeared in sight today, with the Maharashtra government announcing that it had accepted a key demand of the protesters.
The government has decided to give Rs 25 per litre for milk to dairy farmers with effect from July 21, Dairy Development Minister Mahadev Jankar said in the Legislative Assembly this evening.
The farmers had been holding protests in parts of the state since Monday, seeking a hike of Rs 5 per litre in the procurement prices. The impact of the protest was felt particularly in Mumbai and Pune where milk supplies were partially affected.
Though the protest has not created an acute shortage of milk yet, the agitation has intensified with families of dairy farmers also pitching in.
"I'm ready to withdraw the agitation if the milk-purchase rate is fixed around Rs 25 per litre," Raju Shetti, Swabhimani Paksha MP, who is spearheading the stir, had said.
The minister made the announcement after a meeting convened by Assembly Speaker Haribhau Bagade.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, NCP leader Ajit Pawar, leaders and representatives of milk suppliers federation were present at the meeting.
The major milk-producing districts of Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Ahmednagar and Nashik supply bulk of the stock to Mumbai and Pune. Some units in Thane and Palghar also supply milk to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Yesterday, Shetti had vowed to stop trains carrying milk to the state from Gujarat. A Western Railway official earlier said milk tankers would be attached to the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central passenger train to mitigate problems faced by consumers.
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