Implementation of farm laws will increase food prices, says Chaduni

SAYS WITH THE NEW FARM LAWS, FARMERS WILL NO LONGER REMAIN OWNERS OF THEIR LAND

CHANDIGARH: Thousands showed up at Chandigarh’s farmer Mahapanchayat on Saturday where farmer union leaders Joginder Singh Ugrahan (of BKU Ekta Ugrahan), Ruldu Singh Mansa (of Punjab Kisan Union) and Gurnam Singh Chaduni (of BKU Haryana), addressed the gathering. Naujwan Kisan Ekta had organised the event at Rally Ground, Sector 25.

Haryana BKU chief Chaduni said, “If agri-business laws are implemented, then the country’s foodgrain will go into the godowns of a few people. Then, the food prices will go up the way petrol prices are increasing now.”

“This is not the fight of farmers’ alone and we appeal to all sections of society that they should join this agitation. It is a movement to save the country. It is a ‘Dharma Yudh’,” said Chaduni, adding that if the new farm laws were implemented, farmers will no longer remain owners of their land.

“The next thing which will be seen is companies doing farming on huge chunks of land,” he claimed.

The BKU leader added that the question was not just of farmers, but these three laws will impact a cross-section of people. Chaduni asked people not to vote for those who do not stand by farmers today. He asked farmers to stay at the protest sites near the Delhi borders for some days on a rotational basis.

Addressing the gathering, Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan slammed the BJP-led Centre for bringing the three black laws, which are against the interest of farmers. He alleged that these farm laws will benefit the corporate sector.