Report by the correspondent of Mazdoor Ekta Committee
On 18 October, farmers of Rawatsar tehsil of Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan demonstrated at the subdivision office for the resolution of their various demands. This demonstration was held under the leadership of All India Kisan Sabha and Kisan Mazdoor Vyapari Sangharsh Samiti Rawatsar. A memorandum was handed over to the subdivision office.
In the memorandum, it was demanded that water should be provided to two out of four groups in the Indira Gandhi Canal Project (IGNP), every grain of moong should be purchased at MSP, crop insurance claim should be issued and there should be no shortage of DAP fertilizer, etc.
Addressing the demonstration, the speakers said that it is not possible for crops to fully develop without water. The government is constantly stabbing the farmers in the back. Farmers demanded from the government that IGNP should be implemented. Water should be given to two out of four groups so that the farmers can sow and ripen their crops. The government should provide the farmers with the full water they deserve.
The speakers said that the farmers should get their share of water, otherwise they will be forced to launch a violent agitation in the district. If the demands of the farmers are not met in time, then the agitation of the farmers will take a militant form like the Rawal Ghadsana agitation of 2004.
A large delegation of farmers submitted the memorandum to the officials.