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Bharat Ratna welcome, not the diversion: SKM
Updated On: 11 February, 2024 05:06 AM IST | Mumbai | Agencies
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Members of All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU) hold demonstrations after Central Labour Organisation and Samyukta Kisan Morcha call for gramin bandh. Pic/PTI
Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Saturday welcomed the conferring of Bharat Ratna on Chaudhary Charan Singh and MS Swaminathan but termed it an attempt to divert people’s attention from government’s failure to provide Minimum Support Price for crops as suggested by the Swaminathan committee. In a statement, the SKM also said Singh and Swaminathan will remain alive in people’s memory for their contribution to farmers even without a Bharat Ratna and “denounced” Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to solve the crisis of farmers of India.
“SKM welcomes BJP government’s late recognition of Chaudhary Charan Singh and due recognition of Dr MS Swaminathan for their contribution to agriculture and farmers in conferring Bharat Ratna on them. While Chaudhary Charan Singh had a role in implementation of Zamindari Abolition in UP leading to ownership rights for peasantry, as the Chairman of the National Farmers’ Commission, Dr MS Swaminathan made recommendations for income guarantee to farmers,” the SKM said in a statement.
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