Saturday, May 21, 2011

to garner the support of farmers for their political motives, the fight will have to go beyond the territorial boundaries of Uttar Pradesh

Social historians believe that one-day protests, sipping tea with farmers are not going to help farmers or the politicians. A national consensus on the land acquisition policy to acquire land for the development projects is necessary. And, to garner the support of farmers for their political motives, the fight will have to go beyond the territorial boundaries of Uttar Pradesh and reach as far as Vidarbha region of Congress-ruled Maharashtra, where farmers are committing suicide due to agrarian crisis and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, where farmers were fired upon.

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