Bhubaneswar; The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee has demanded that the government immediately repeal these black laws as the three new agricultural laws introduced by the Modi government are intensifying among the farmers across the country. The party also demanded that the new government immediately pass the bill in the state legislatures, such as Punjab and Kerala.
At a press conference held at the Congress building here today, senior party leader and former finance minister Sanjalan Kanunjo strongly criticized the anti-farmer mentality of the Modi government, saying it was a "big conspiracy" and "industrialist capitalism". He spoke in support of the US Alliance, but said that maintaining some independence was not the answer.
The Union Petroleum Minister's criticism of the worshipers on the basis of false information was ridiculous and called for an open debate instead of confusing the farmers of Odisha. "Before criticizing the BJP government, it was unfortunate that the BJP or BJP leaders did not take into account the rising production costs due to rising petrol and diesel prices, electricity prices, increased wages and inflation," he said.
In other words, subsidies for agriculture have been steadily declining since the Modi government came to power at the Center, and concessions to corporates and industrialists have been on the rise. Regrettably, food prices, especially pulses, oils and wheat, have risen sharply in the past four years. According to him, the minimum support price for all these agricultural products has been raised. As promised, the Modi government has not fulfilled any of the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee in the last four years.
On the one hand, the Modi government, which has been chanting slogans to make the country self-reliant, is conspiring to undermine the country’s food self-sufficiency. He encouraged ordinary people as well to take part in solving this great task: "One of the things you and other people can do is keep up the pressure ... there are going to be some difficult decisions for government". Kishan Congress president Amiya Kumar Patnaik, spokesperson Amiya Pandav, Manoranjan Das and Deepak Mohapatra, among others, were present at the press conference.
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