Farmers stage protest in Belagavi seeking amendment to farm laws
Members of various farmers’ organizations protested in Belagavi on Monday, demanding amendments to farm laws and the fulfillment of other demands. Marching from Rani Channamma Circle to the Deputy Commissioner’s office, they shouted slogans and listened to leaders like KRRS leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar, who called for repealing changes made by the previous administration that weakened APMCs, removed land ceilings, and allowed agricultural corporatization. Their demands also included loan waivers, payment of sugarcane dues, initiating Kalasa-Banduri Nala projects, increasing dairy farmer incentives, ensuring seed and fertilizer availability, and increasing farm input subsidies.
Members of various farmers organisations staged a protest in Belagavi on Monday, seeking amendment to farm laws and fulfilment of their other demands.
Members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene marched from the Rani Channamma Circle to the Deputy Commissioner’s office shouting slogans.
Their leaders addressed the protestors in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
KRRS leader Kodihalli Chandrashekar said that the Congress has come to power promising to repeal the changes made by the Basavaraj Bommai administration to the farm laws.
“Those changes have weakened our APMCs, removed land ceilings and allowed corporatisation of agriculture. This has also made the tenant farmer vulnerable as the rich landlords tend to force him to sell his land. These changes should be repealed through an amendment. We demand that the amendments be introduced in the current session,” he said.
The protestors then submitted a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan and dispersed.
Their other demands include complete loan waiver, payment of sugarcane dues by factories and immediate starting of works on the Kalasa-Banduri Nala projects in the Mahadayi basin, increasing incentive given to dairy farmers, ensuring availability of seeds and fertilizers and increasing subsidy on farm inputs.
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