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The @capt_amarinder @RahulGandhi farmer agitation is about politics,not farmer rights!
Punjab is HUGELY pampered--almost all wheat/rice brought to market is procured at MSP versus 10-20% for UP and even less for others.Yet, state agri GDP growth collapsing https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/this-is-about-politics-not-farmer-rights/2140159/

. @narendramodi be fair to ALL states, DIVIDE annual FCI-spend equally
Why should Punjab get so much FCI money when UP or other states produce more?
This is not a farmers' agitation, it is a Punjab agitation, critical to @INCIndia survival
@capt_amarinder can be next Cong chief

. @capt_amarinder @INCIndia @RahulGandhi DELIBERATELY distorted @narendramodi farm laws to suggest MSP being abolished
If any violence takes place,the CM is to blame
Even by the standards of politicians, this is a new low
BTW, MSP is KILLING Punjab, look at water table, salinity

Important to ensure @AmitShah @narendramodi that there is no teargas, lathicharge etc since this will make the agitators heroes
Let them block the roads, maybe the SC will then come out with strictures on them and, as in Shaheen Bagh, public sympathy will move away from them

Great interview on the Punjab farmer agitation by @agulati115 to @sardesairajdeep
Demolishes all arguments including the specious one that Punjab farmers are 'poor'
Ideally, the @narendramodi government needs to make such arguments

Do read some pieces on the hypocrisy of those opposing the farm bills of @narendramodi

https://bit.ly/2JmoCDG
https://bit.ly/39eOYlQ
https://bit.ly/3q183xX

This one chart by @1Prabhudatta #BanikinkarPattanayak explains so well just how much Punjab is pampered

Long before @narendramodi farm laws,when--as NOW--MSP was in all its glory,Punjab's farmers were losing out as they stuck to crops where price rise was the least
Restoring Punjab farmer glory is the issue @capt_amarinder @RahulGandhi, not sticking to MSP https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/this-is-about-politics-not-farmer-rights/2140159/

This is about politics, not farmer rights

Punjab’s farmers are the most pampered in India, yet their productivity is falling; in any case, MSPs not being phased out

https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/this-is-about-politics-not-farmer-rights/2140159/

At Rs 120,000 per Punjab household @capt_amarinder the annual SUBSIDY for electricity and fertilizer is GREATER than the average INCOME of all farmer households across India!!!! #PamperingPunjab
@AmitShah @narendramodi

FCI had Rs 3.2 lakh crore of borrowing from the NSSF in March, primarily to fund the extra -- way beyond its needs -- procurement from Punjab & Haryana
Need to add in these costs as well -- they are subsidies funded by taxpayers. Once you do that, Punjab subsidies

dramatically

FCI had Rs 3.2 lakh crore of borrowing from the NSSF in March, primarily to fund the extra -- way beyond its needs -- procurement from Punjab & HaryanaNeed to add in these costs as well -- they are subsidies funded by taxpayers. Once you do that, Punjab subsidies dramatically

Thanks to FCI,Punjab's farm subsidy is higher than annual income for farmers in rest of country! Those saying farmers will get hit if MSP stopped don't realize 90% of all crops are sold without MSP even today. FACT-CHECK: MSP is not being abolished anyway https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/punjab-farm-subsidy-higher-than-annual-income-for-farmers-in-rest-of-country/2141854/

Punjab farm subsidy higher than annual income for farmers in rest of country!

In response to a question on whether the new laws should be amended to say private traders will have to pay at least the MSP for all crops – this is a demand the Congress party has been making –...

https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/punjab-farm-subsidy-higher-than-annual-income-for-farmers-in-rest-of-country/2141854/

Thanks to FCI,Punjab's farm subsidy is higher than annual income for farmers in rest of country! Those saying farmers will get hit if MSP stopped don't realize 90% of all crops are sold without MSP even today. FACT-CHECK: MSP is not being abolished anyway https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/punjab-farm-subsidy-higher-than-annual-income-for-farmers-in-rest-of-country/2141854/

Punjab agitation has done a good thing, it has exposed just how pampered the state is
The question is whether the stong-arm tactics of Punjab will defeat @narendramodi
If it does, it will prove blackmail works

By asking for banning any purchases below MSP @INCIndia is essentially asking for household expenses on food to go up 20-50%

This is now a demand of the agitating Punjab farmers
Amazingly even former @RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is backing a version of this, ignoring its costs

By asking for banning any purchases below MSP @INCIndia is essentially asking for household expenses on food to go up 20-50%This is now a demand of the agitating Punjab farmersAmazingly even former @RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is backing a version of this, ignoring its costs

Which political party @INCIndia @AITCofficial @samajwadiparty @RahulGandhi @MamataOfficial @yadavakhilesh @Mayawati wants to raise household food expenses by 20-50%? That's what asking @narendramodi to legislate a ban on buying crops below MSP

Only way out for agitating farmers @capt_amarinder & @narendramodi is for centre to help fund 3-4-year crop diversification plan
Farmers lose without this even if MSP continues & Modi can't afford to let it be known that marching to Delhi can blackmail him https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/funding-a-punjab-crop-diversification-plan-critical/2143361/

Funding a Punjab crop diversification plan critical

But onus of this lies on state government since it has to ensure this happens once Centre pays its share of costs

https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/funding-a-punjab-crop-diversification-plan-critical/2143361/

But if the crop-diversification plan is to succeed @capt_amarinder has to front it in Punjab, this cannot be a negotiation between @narendramodi and the farmers
Whether or not @INCIndia egged on the farmers, the CM needs to take responsibility for fixing the problem

Only way out for agitating farmers @capt_amarinder & @narendramodi is for centre to help fund 3-4-year crop diversification plan
Farmers lose without this even if MSP continues & Modi can't afford to let it be known that marching to Delhi can blackmail him
https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/funding-a-punjab-crop-diversification-plan-critical/2143361/

Little embarassing @capt_amarinder ?
The CM who now feels corporate sector will squeeze farmers felt the exact opposite a few years ago

Hypocrisy also has its limits

Little embarassing @capt_amarinder ? The CM who now feels corporate sector will squeeze farmers felt the exact opposite a few years ago Hypocrisy also has its limits

This tweet from @NavroopSingh_ exposes the @BKU_KisanUnion that now feels @narendramodi farm laws are bad as it tries to end the arhatiya monopoly

Last year BKU felt farmers needed to be saved from the arhatiyas

@Ajayvirjakhar
Does hypocrisy know no bounds?

This tweet from @NavroopSingh_ exposes the @BKU_KisanUnion that now feels @narendramodi farm laws are bad as it tries to end the arhatiya monopolyLast year BKU felt farmers needed to be saved from the arhatiyas @Ajayvirjakhar Does hypocrisy know no bounds?

Even a farmer organization is now playing politics @Ajayvirjakhar ?
Last year you wanted to save farmers from the arhatiyas, today you think arhatiyas are critical for farmers?
@narendramodi

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