DATA ON FARMER SUICIDES SENT TO SPEAKER
Chandigarh July 5:
Inderjit Singh Jaijee, convenor of the Movement Against State Repression (MASR), has said patwaris in Sangrur district have collected information with regard to the cases of suicide by farmers.
He said here on Wednesday that he had been told that Speaker of the Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee had sought a report from the state government in this regard through proper channel. Jaijee said he had written to the Speaker and members of Parliament to draw their attention towards this problem.
“A list of 1,508 suicide cases of Moonak subdivision with 1,408 gram panchayat affidavits are enclosed. This list covers all 91 villages comprising Moonak subdivision and is for the period from 1988 till date,” Jaijee had written in the letter to the Speaker. He said he had submitted the details of all cases in Moonak belt of Sangrur district.
“Punjab farmers are not getting adequate help from the Union government because state governments had been underplaying the crisis,” he said. Jaijee said instead of hiding the facts regarding suicide by farmers, the state government should highlight this issue.
Otherwise, Punjab farmers would continue to be denied adequate help by the Union government. He said that a major part of the blame for the suicides lay on the inequitable cost/price structure established by the Centre.
Chandigarh July 5:
Inderjit Singh Jaijee, convenor of the Movement Against State Repression (MASR), has said patwaris in Sangrur district have collected information with regard to the cases of suicide by farmers.
He said here on Wednesday that he had been told that Speaker of the Lok Sabha Somnath Chatterjee had sought a report from the state government in this regard through proper channel. Jaijee said he had written to the Speaker and members of Parliament to draw their attention towards this problem.
“A list of 1,508 suicide cases of Moonak subdivision with 1,408 gram panchayat affidavits are enclosed. This list covers all 91 villages comprising Moonak subdivision and is for the period from 1988 till date,” Jaijee had written in the letter to the Speaker. He said he had submitted the details of all cases in Moonak belt of Sangrur district.
“Punjab farmers are not getting adequate help from the Union government because state governments had been underplaying the crisis,” he said. Jaijee said instead of hiding the facts regarding suicide by farmers, the state government should highlight this issue.
Otherwise, Punjab farmers would continue to be denied adequate help by the Union government. He said that a major part of the blame for the suicides lay on the inequitable cost/price structure established by the Centre.
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