Farmers in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh has taken a decision in order to mark their protest against the dastardly attack.
In wake of Pulwama attack, farmers in India decided not to export their output to Pakistan, due to which price of vegetables skyrocketed in Pakistan's Lahore and other regions. Farmers in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh has taken a decision in order to mark their protest against the dastardly attack. At present, there are 5,000 farmers who have been engaged in tomato cultivation in the region.
Speaking to ANI, Ravindra Patidar, a farmer said, "We are farmers and we grow tomatoes. We also export tomatoes to Pakistan. And by eating our food, they are killing our soldiers. We now want Pakistan to get destroyed. We will also not let any other country sent tomatoes to Pakistan."
"We are no more concerned about the prices of tomato getting exported. If there will be no soldiers, how will survive. All the surplus money coming from export will go in vain," said one the big tomato cultivators Basanti Lal Patidar.
Read: After revoking MFN status, India hikes customs duty to 200% on all goods imported from Pakistan
Pakistan exports a large amount of vegetables from Azadpur mandi, which has also decided not to send the production to Pakistan. According to Tomato Trade Association's president Ashok Kaushik, Azadpur Mandi sends 75-100 trucks of tomatoes to Pakistan.
Meanwhile, asserting that the entire country was "fed up" with the senseless killings of Indian soldiers in Kashmir, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday called for coercive action against Pakistan, which, he suggested, could be military, diplomatic or economic, or a combination of all the three.
Calling for the death of two "of them" for every Indian soldier killed in Pulwama attack, Singh said it's clear that the Pakistan Army was calling the shots, with Prime Minister Imran Khan also a "plant" of the military.
"We should get 82 of them since 41 of our men have been killed," the chief minister asserted, demanding an "eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".
After the Pulwama attack, India also hiked the customs duty to 200 per cent on all goods imported from Pakistan, following revocation of the 'most-favoured nation' status in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
Taking strong economic action against Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack, India raised the customs duty to 200 per cent on all goods imported from the neighbouring country, including fresh fruits, cement, petroleum products and mineral ore.The decision would significantly hit Pakistan's exports to India, which stood at USD 488.5 million (around Rs 3,482.3 crore) in 2017-18 as it would drastically increase the prices of its goods.
Currently, tomatoes in India are selling at Rs 10 per kg while in Lahore the prices have skyrocketed to Rs 180 per kg, according to a journalist who's covering the South Asia region.
India vs Pakistan: Tomatoes in Lahore are being sold for Rs180/kg.
— Naila Inayat नायला इनायत (@nailainayat) February 19, 2019
1. Madhya Pradesh CM lauds farmers' move
)
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath lauded the move by the farmers saying, "I salute the decision taken by the brothers of Jhabua District of not selling the tomatoes to Pakistan. I admire their patriotism."
2. SBI waves off CRPF Personnel loan
)
After the Pulwama attack, entire nation has come forward to help the families of martyrs. State Bank of India (SBI) has said it would waive all outstanding loans taken by 23 CRPF personnel who were killed in the Pulwama terror attack.
The state-owned lender would also expedite payment of insurance amount of Rs 30 lakh each to the families of CRPF personnel killed.
3. Real estate body proposes to offer houses to families of 40 martyrs
)
To express solidarity with the families of 40 martyrs of dastardly Pulwama attack, Real Estate Developers' Association of India proposed to offer a 2BHK house to each one fo them. The houses will be offer in the area or the state the martyrs belong to.
