After a 13-day-long farmers’ agitation in the Shekhawati region forced the Rajasthan government to agree to loan waiver earlier this month, the ruling BJP has decided to hold a series of ‘kisan chaupals’ across the State to highlight the government’s works and schemes for the farming community.
The BJP government had agreed last week to waive crop loans up to ₹50,000 and appointed a committee to study the procedure adopted in other States for its replication here. The farmers’ agitation, led by CPI(M)-affiliated All India Kisan Sabha, had brought life to a grinding halt in Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu and Bikaner districts.
Govt schemes
BJP Kisan Morcha general secretary Shaila Ram Saran said on Tuesday that the ‘kisan chaupals’ would be organised between September 20 and 25 in village panchayats of all the districts. The party’s district presidents and other office-bearers attended a training programme for speakers at the chaupals organised here on Monday.
Agriculture Minister Prabhu Lal Saini and Cooperative Minister Ajay Singh Kilak informed about the government’s schemes which were benefiting the farmers, peasants and labourers. These measures include loan facilities, soil testing, weather-based crop insurance scheme and crop storage facilities.