Throughout the state practically 250 farmers have been allegedly cheated after the Mannequin Mandi Act was handed
Bhopal:
In a doubtlessly embarrassing incident for the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, round 150 farmers from 4 districts have been cheated of practically 2,600 quintals of crop value greater than Rs 5 crore.
A number of of the farmers are from the house districts of Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan (Sehore) and Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel (Harda).
A bunch of twenty-two farmers marched to the workplace of the Sub Divisional Justice of the Peace of Dewas on Monday to voice their anger at what’s the newest in a collection of such complaints for the reason that state relaxed restrictions on promoting outdoors mandis (price-controlled wholesale markets) – very similar to what the controversial farm legal guidelines handed by the centre in September suggest.
The farmers who filed Monday’s grievance declare merchants purchased the produce on the energy of an expired license apparently issued by a mandi in Dewas. After the cheques bounced, the farmers checked with the mandi and have been informed there was no file of these merchants.
One of many farmers – Kanhaiyaa Patel from Harda – stated: “We had given our produce as per charges determined however we’ve not obtained the cash until date. They cheated round 150 farmers from Sehore, Harda and Hoshangabad of Rs 5 crores.”
“I enchantment to the Chief Minister and the Agriculture Minister to arrest the dealer and connect his property and get cash to the farmers,” Rahul Patel, one other farmer, stated.
In one of many largest circumstances of farm fraud, farmers from MP Agriculture Minister @KamalPatelBJP & @ChouhanShivraj residence districts Harda&Sehore, have been allegedly cheated by merchants #FarmersProtest allege they ran away with a farm crop value greater than Rs 5-6 crore #FarmersBillpic.twitter.com/zlY3fcv4g3
— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) December 30, 2020
That is removed from the one case of its type within the state.
In Harda, which is Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel’s residence turf, eight such complaints have been filed. In Bamori, 18 farmers have been cheated of coriander leaves value Rs 20 lakh. In Gwalior, 24 farmers complained {that a} businessman who took produce value Rs 10 lakh is now lacking.
Throughout the state practically 250 farmers have been allegedly cheated.
The farmers say a number of the corporations who’ve now cheated them used to buy produce on the mandi, the place there was a assure of cost. The state’s new Model Mandi Act, they are saying, removes this assure.
Mr Patel says the federal government will crack down on such circumstances and that the farmers will get their a reimbursement. Nevertheless, he additionally requested farmers to promote on money foundation solely – which is a troublesome, if not not possible, proposition given the massive sums concerned.
One of many farmers’ largest concern is that with little recourse to the courts, farmers will likely be left with no selection however to just accept settlements awarded by a panel constituted by authorities officers.