VK Singh chooses new war, may gherao Parliament
3 Nov 2012 7:28 AM IST
After sharing a dais with Anna Hazare, former army chief V K Singh on Friday decided to back a farmers body’s demand for rejection of the Rangarajan Committee report on freeing the sugar sector and threatened to gherao Parliament next month, if it is not met.
Addressing a press conference along with VM Singh, convenor of the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (RKMS), Singh said the committee’s recommendation on doing away with state advisory price (SAP) and cane reservation area will adversely affect the farmers of northern states.
He said the revenue sharing formula suggested by the committee is not fair and does not provide a level-playing field to northern states, where sugar recovery is below 9 per cent. But the panel suggests 70 per cent revenue be paid based on an average 10.31 per cent recovery of sugar.
Singh demanded that the Centre should not fix fair and remunerative price (FRP) and current system of SAP and cane area reservation should continue. He said the farmers’ body has no objection to other recommendations of the panel.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, both VK Singh and VM Singh said, ‘In case the report is not rejected, canegrowers of northern states would gherao Parliament on December 4 as a protest against the said report.’
On joining the agitation next month, he said, ‘We will cross the bridge when we reach there ... Whether that situation will come or not, we will see. I am quite sure the Prime Minister is competent enough to relook at the report.’
Addressing a press conference along with VM Singh, convenor of the Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (RKMS), Singh said the committee’s recommendation on doing away with state advisory price (SAP) and cane reservation area will adversely affect the farmers of northern states.
He said the revenue sharing formula suggested by the committee is not fair and does not provide a level-playing field to northern states, where sugar recovery is below 9 per cent. But the panel suggests 70 per cent revenue be paid based on an average 10.31 per cent recovery of sugar.
Singh demanded that the Centre should not fix fair and remunerative price (FRP) and current system of SAP and cane area reservation should continue. He said the farmers’ body has no objection to other recommendations of the panel.
In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, both VK Singh and VM Singh said, ‘In case the report is not rejected, canegrowers of northern states would gherao Parliament on December 4 as a protest against the said report.’
On joining the agitation next month, he said, ‘We will cross the bridge when we reach there ... Whether that situation will come or not, we will see. I am quite sure the Prime Minister is competent enough to relook at the report.’
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