Saturday 26 May 2007

Maharashtra CM Celebrates Birthday - Farmers Protest Callousness

MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WHEN MARATHWADA SUGARCANE FARMERS JOIN SUICIDE SPIRAL OF VIDARBHA COTTON FARMERS: MASSS PROTEST FARMERS AGAINST CELEBRATION

NAGPUR-25THMAY 2007

TODAY MASSIVE CELEBRATION ARE BEING ORGANISED IN FARM SUICIDE AFFECTED VIDARBHA AND MARATHWADA REGION OF MAHARASHTRA ON THE OCCASION OF BIRTHDAY OF MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER WHEN REPORTS OF MORE FARMERS SUICIDES PUBLISHED IN THE ALL-LEADING NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS. VIDARBHA REGION IS IN THE GRIP OF AGRARIAN CRISIS AND MORE THAN 3500 COTTON FARMERS COMMITTED SUICIDES SINCE 2004 BUT RECENTLY SUGARCANE GROWERS CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH REGION MARATHWADA HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDES DUE AGRARIAN CRISIS AND RECESSION IN SUGAR THAT HAS LOWER DOWN THE DEMAND OF SUGAR CANE AND FARMERS ARE BEING FORCED TO BURN THE STANDING SUGARCANE CROP AND THE CONDITION OF SUGARCANE GROWERS HAS BEEN TOO BAD TO EXPLAIN, LOCAL FARM ACTIVIST AND PRESIDENT VIDARBHA JAN ANDOLAN SAMITI INFORMED TODAY.

THE FARM SUICIDES HAS BEEN SERIOUS ISSUES AND INDIAN PRIME MINISTER HIMSELF VISITED VIDARBHA LAST YEAR JULY 2006 AND HAS PROVIDED RA.3750 CRORE RELIEF PACKAGE BUT FAILED TO SLOW DOWN FARM SUICIDES IN WEST VIDARBHA NOW FARM SUICIDES IS BEING SPREAD IN OTHER PART OF MAHARASHTRA TOO, KISHOR TIWARI ADDED.

FARMERS IN LARGE SCALE IN LATUR HOMETOWN OF VILASRAO DESHMUKH ALONG WITH VIDARBHA FARMERS ARE PROTESTING ON GOING CHIEF MINISTER BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND POLICE FORCE ARE BEING USED TO CURB THESE PROTEST. VJAS URGED TO CONGRESS PRESIDENT SONIA GANDHI TO REMOVE MAHARAHTRA CHIEF MINISTER DUE HIS FAILURE TO SOLVE AGRARIAN CRISIS IN MAHARASHTRA, KISHOR TIWARI DEMANDED.
- VJAS

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