Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Notes on recently concluded BJP conclave

Look who’s speaking on farmer’s problems

In a press conference held at BJP office Arun Jaitley spoke at length on the problems of the farmer community. He spoke on how the fertile land at Singoor in West Bengal has been given to TATA and how unfair treatment was resulting in more suicides. In nutshell, he blamed the Left parties and the government in the Centre and UP for the plight of farmers.
A shade prior to elections, Arun Jaitley was apt in focusing on the problems of one of the largest chunks of vote – the farmers. After all, most of the political parties have been using farmers only for votes and have done little for them. What Jaitley didn’t spell out however was that it was the Vajpayee government at the Centre that formulated most of the strategies that went against the interests of the farming community. Bowing down to the pressures of the World Bank, removing the limit on hoarding and allowing FDI in agro-business are all attributed to the BJP. Unless corrective measures are taken immediately, greater problems are in store for the farmers in the near future.

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