The Lakhimpur Kheri violence, in which four farmers were killed, is 바카라absolutely condemnable,바카라 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while questioned during her visit to the US. She also emphasized that there are issues of such nature happening in other parts of India equally which should be raised "when they happen and not when it suits others" because there is a BJP government in Uttar Pradesh.
Sitharaman, who is on an official visit to the US, was responding to a question during a conversation at Harvard Kennedy School on Tuesday about the killing of four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri and the arrest of Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra.
She was asked why was there no word on this incident from the prime minister, senior ministers and why is there a 바카라defensive reaction바카라 when somebody asked questions about such things.
Sitharaman replied, 바카라No, absolutely not... It's nice of you to have picked up that one incident which is absolutely condemnable, every one of us say that. Equally, there are instances happening elsewhere, is my concern."
바카라India has issues of such nature happening in very many different parts of the country equally. I would like you, and many others, including Dr Amartya Sen, who all know India, to raise it at every time when it happens, not just raise it when it suits us because it's a state where BJP is in power, one of my cabinet colleague바카라s son is in probably trouble, and also assume that it's actually them who did it and not anybody else. Due course of justice will also have a complete inquiry process to establish it,바카라 she added.
바카라And it's not being defensive about my party or my Prime Minister. It's being defensive about India. I will talk for India, I will talk for justice for the poor. I will not be mocked at. And if it is mocking, I will be defensive to stand up and say 바카라Sorry, let's talk on facts바카라. That's my answer for you,바카라 she said.
Ashish Mishra was named in an FIR following allegations that he was in one of the vehicles that mowed down four farmers protesting over UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya바카라s visit on October 3.
To a question on the farmers바카라 protests, Sitharaman said that the three acts which the government brought in were discussed by the various parliamentary committees over a decade.
She said all the three acts have been discussed variously by the State governments, by the Center after the BJP came into power in 2014.
"This has been in the making for a decade now. Every stakeholder has been consulted,바카라 she said.
바카라When the farm laws were brought in the Lok Sabha, there was an elaborate discussion and the agriculture minister gave his reply as well. It was only when it came to the Rajya Sabha, there was a lot of noise and disturbance,바카라 she said.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and several other states have been protesting on various borders of Delhi since November 26 last year, seeking repeal of three farm laws enacted in September.
Dubbing these laws as "anti-farmer", these farmers claim that the newly enacted legislations would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum support price system, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporations.
Sitharaman said the protesters belong to one state and some parts of other states - 바카라Punjab, Haryana and some parts of western Uttar Pradesh."
She said the government has been saying that it is willing to talk with the protesters and has been engaging with them.
The government has asked pointedly what is that one aspect in any one of the three laws which have been passed to which the protesters object, she said. 바카라We are willing to talk about it, tell us that one particular aspect in any one of the three laws.
Till date, we have not had even one particular aspect which is being questioned. And therefore, the protesters are not sure on what score they are protesting, what is it that they are objecting.
바카라Then there's this issue about the minimum support price to be given to farmers,바카라 she said, adding that the MSP are announced well in time and the farmers can decide whether they want to grow a crop or not and they can otherwise choose to grow something else.
She said once the farmers choose to grow any of these, for which a minimum support price is announced and procurements are done, through direct benefit transfer using technology, money is deposited as a lump sum into their accounts.
바카라The highest amount of procurement, the largest ever payment per farmer under the minimum support price which is declared has happened in the last seven years after Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi has come. Highest ever.
바카라The number of farmers, the total quantum of money, total quantum of grain procured in each one of them - the highest as has happened season after season in the last seven years," she said.
Highlighting that there are recorded conversations 바카라which you can see of farmers even from Punjab, even from Haryana바카라, she said farmers have got the entire amount into their account.
바카라This is verifiable, not a claim which I'm making. You can go and check it out. Highest amount and the entire amount is given into the account directly the day after procurement is done. No staggering, no delaying,바카라 she said.
바카라So we have not been told what it is that they're protesting against as yet and the minister is willing to talk even today.바카라
(With PTI Inputs)
