RSS affiliate BKS wing to protest for remunerative price for farmers on Wednesday 
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RSS affiliate BKS wing to protest for remunerative price for farmers on Wednesday

Demanding a law to ensure cost based remunerative price for farmers' produce, the RSS affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) will hold nationwide demonstrations on Wednesday (September 8)

TheBKS said that the government should give remunerative price to farmers orexplain that their demand is wrong.

TheBKS national general secretary, Badrinarayan Chaudhari said, "Farmers donot get a remunerative price of their produce and the actual cost incurred ismore than the Minimum Support Price (MSP) fixed by the government. We aredemanding a cost based remunerative price for farmers as they are not gettingit for their produce."

Heclaimed that the MSP benefited only farmers of two states - Punjab and Haryana-- and in many states the cost of production exceeded the MSP. "Cost ofproduction varies from state to state, in one state it is more or less due tofree electricity or water to the farmers.

Therefore,we demand cost based remunerative prices and the government should make strictlaws to ensure this. Either the government should accept the demand or say thatour demand is wrong," Chaudhari said.

Accordingto Chaudhari, the BKS has given a memorandum to the Prime Minister on August 11but no positive signal was received from the government. When asked about on-goingfarmers' protest under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), Chaudharisaid, "There is a difference, their (SKM) protest is violent and we areagainst it. We are a nationalist organization and against the vandalization ofnational property. We are also fighting for the rights of small farmers."

TheBKS demanded a strict law to ensure a cost-based remunerative price of farmersproduce. "For these demands, we will hold a nationwide protest at over 500district headquarters on September 8," he said.

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