Since there's so much misinformation on the #FarmerProtests, aided and abetted by the idiotic 'Thank a farmer if you had dinner' argument, here's a list of proper pieces I've come across on the protests
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Why Farmers Are Protesting Against Laws Which Will ‘Supposedly’ Help Them
@kaul_vivek
vivekkaul.com/2020/09/21/why…
Why Farmers Are Protesting Against Laws Which Will ‘Supposedly’ Help Them
@kaul_vivek
vivekkaul.com/2020/09/21/why…
"Without MSP we will become like the Bihar farmer who comes every year to plant paddy on our fields"
(Sums it up)
(Sums it up)
6) The myth of the farm vote in India, in three charts
(You often hear farmers are anti-NDA, but 47% farmers voted for the NDA in 2019, 9% more than 2014)
livemint.com/news/india/the…
(You often hear farmers are anti-NDA, but 47% farmers voted for the NDA in 2019, 9% more than 2014)
livemint.com/news/india/the…
Farmers voted for the ruling coalition in large numbers in the last Lok Sabha elections datawrapper.de/_/NFQIU/
Paddy grown in Bihar, UP is illegally procured and sold in Punjab.
Who buys it? The Centre.
With whose money? :)
indianexpress.com/article/explai…
Who buys it? The Centre.
With whose money? :)
indianexpress.com/article/explai…
BTW, it's not a small amount. About 4-5 million tonnes is transported from other states which the government is 'forced' to buy.
To borrow a quote from the BLM chaps: "When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
To borrow a quote from the BLM chaps: "When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”
Though, it's not without reason that farmers are worried. Change is scary.
livemint.com/news/india/pri…
livemint.com/news/india/pri…
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