Raipur,
January 24, 2012
Slamming
the government for not extending paddy procurement date and deciding to
conclude the procedures on February 15, 2012, the Congress said the ruling
party was insensitive towards farmers’ woes and had once again displayed its
anti-farmer mindset.
“We
were hoping that the government will announce to extend paddy purchase date in
its January 21 cabinet meeting considering the inconvenience the farmers faced
due to unseasonal rains in the beginning of this month, but unfortunately it
could not happen,” said PCC president Nandkumar Patel and CLP leader Ravindra
Choubey.
The
duo claimed that paddy worth Rs 220 crore damaged due to rains. “The government
deliberately ignored the warnings of meteorological department and did not take
any proactive measure to protect the paddy stocked in open ground because it
wanted to hide the irregularities done in paddy procurement process,” they
said.
“The
Congress has already expressed its concern over corruption prevailed in paddy
purchase. We have received ample complaints that paddy from others states is
being sold in the societies. There are also reports that stones have been found
in gunny sacks. However, the government is silent and refraining from taking
action against the guilty people, an apparent indicator that it is trying to
protect them,” they alleged.
“The
government has also spend crores on the name of paddy protection measures like
purchasing tarpaulins and polythene to cover large stocks in open grounds but
despite such arrangements the loss could not averted,” they said.
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