Amid the lockdown, demanding farm loan waiver the farmer unions have decided to use social media platforms to raise their demand and launch a front against the government.
BKU (Charuni) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni said, “The declining return in the agriculture sector has pushed the peasantry into a financial crisis. No political party is serious towards the farming community and all the parties are working for their vested interests. The BJP and Congress are just faces, the country is being ruled by the corporate, and that is why no action is taken against corporate. If the government can give relaxations to corporate houses in repaying of loans and can also write off or waive off their loans then it should waive off farm loans too.”
Charuni said, “We have talked to several farmer leaders across the country, and we will jointly launch this campaign. The farmer unions will use hashtag “kisan karja mukti” on May 5 on Twitter at 4 pm to raise the demand, and then on May 8, at 6 pm, the farmer leaders will go live on facebook to express their views.”
We don’t want to violate the lockdown guidelines or disturb the system during Covid stress hence we decided to use social media.
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Source: The Tribune
