Unfortunate that farmers’ agitation becoming more intensified: Shanta Kumar 

Dharamshala:

Senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister Shanta Kumar has said that it is unfortunate that even after long talks by ministers and all kinds of assurances of the Prime Minister, the farmers’ agitation is becoming more intensified. The next phase of the movement has reached a critical juncture. He specially urged the government and farmer leaders to be very careful. He said that some wrong elements have joined the movement and some suspected NGOs are indirectly helping by crores of rupees.
He said, “Now, the leadership of the movement is not in the hands of the farmers working in the field. The movement is mainly run by leaders of Punjab. The grain production in Punjab is also very high and Food Corporation of India buys so much food that its tax and commission makes more than five thousand crore rupees annually. With the new law, farmers will be able to sell their produce elsewhere. The income of the commission will be reduced.”
He said that this is the reason why Punjab's middlemen are giving crores of rupees, blankets, quilts and food grains to the people sitting on the dharna. He said that an international NGO is giving goods worth crores of rupees by putting up a big pandal. The large canopy has a photo of a terrorist leader convicted for hijacking an airplane at the time of terrorism, who has not been caught till date. He is still staying abroad and doing anti-national activities. If such news is true then the country needs to be careful. Shanta Kumar said that a few days ago there were a 100-days of dharna in Shaheen Bagh. Then came a delicate phase. Riots were committed and 50 innocent people were killed. The farmer movement is also slowly taking the form of the same movement.