Haryana is going to have Lok Sabha elections on 25th May and the farmers of Narayan Khera village in Sirsa are putting forward their problems.
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00:00 I believe that this is the biggest scam in the country.
00:04 The government has made us miserable.
00:07 We have no children, no one else.
00:11 We have no money, no one to give us food.
00:15 We are very worried.
00:17 We don't have electricity, water or water.
00:19 My name is Bharat Jhajda.
00:25 I am from Narayankheda village, Sirsa district.
00:27 There has been a long history of the farmer's movement in this village.
00:30 You were telling us a while ago.
00:31 Yes.
00:32 Why were the farmers protesting?
00:35 The farmers had a lot of issues to protest against.
00:38 And they had been protesting for a long time.
00:40 The biggest issue was the claim of insurance for the farmers.
00:43 The crop of the Narmai was spoiled.
00:45 The insurance for the farmers in Sirsa district was Rs 750 crores.
00:49 The government and the companies had been trying to convince the farmers for a long time to give them new crops.
00:54 We were very upset and we had to protest.
01:01 We protested from 5th of May last year.
01:05 We protested from 28th to 10th of May.
01:09 I want to tell you that there were four farmers in this village.
01:14 I had three other farmers with me.
01:15 One was Narendra Sarn, one was Diwan Sarn, one was Jayprakash Kashnia and one was me, Bharat Jhajda.
01:20 All four of us were with the farmers.
01:24 It was very upsetting and we were very upset.
01:27 We had to climb on the water tank.
01:30 We stayed outside at night.
01:32 In the morning, we climbed on the water tank of our village.
01:39 The farmers were very upset.
01:43 We climbed on the water tank for 16 days.
01:46 We stayed there day and night.
01:48 We had to eat and drink on the top floor.
01:51 Almost all the officials and the company officials came here.
01:56 On the 17th day, the D.C. came and assured us that we would get our insurance claim after a month.
02:05 After that, we got off the water tank on the 17th day.
02:08 The opposition leaders tried to pressure the government to give them insurance for the past 16 days.
02:16 So that the farmers can get off the water tank safely.
02:19 After a month, we got our insurance for Rs. 750 crores.
02:26 The protest that took place 13 months ago,
02:28 when they were talking about the black law,
02:33 the farmers gathered there and the Prime Minister had accepted it.
02:38 But there were many issues, like the issue of giving MSP,
02:42 and the issue of the farmers' loan exemption.
02:45 There were many issues that are still pending.
02:48 There was a matter of implementing the Swaminathan report.
02:51 So those issues are still pending.
02:53 That's why the protest that took place on the 2nd day,
02:56 we had many issues left.
02:58 The farmers wanted to go back to Delhi.
03:00 But the government's tantalizing attitude has still kept the farmers there.
03:05 Many farmers have been martyred and beaten up.
03:09 Many have been put in jail.
03:12 What do you expect from the coming governments to improve the farmers' future?
03:19 The coming government is like,
03:21 it's been 10 years since the BJP government.
03:24 Before that, Congress had a government for 10 years.
03:27 10 years is a lot.
03:29 They had a dictator somewhere or the people had rejected them.
03:34 Like Modi had promised a lot of promises.
03:38 Like, they'll give 15 lakh rupees, 2 crore for employment,
03:42 implement the Swaminathan report,
03:46 and from the first day, from the first pen,
03:49 they'll forgive the farmers' loan.
03:51 There was a talk of controlling inflation,
03:54 controlling diesel and petrol,
03:57 there was talk of LPG,
03:59 there was talk of dollars.
04:01 The Prime Minister himself used to say that the dollar falls for the country whose king has fallen.
04:06 But when he said such things, the people wanted to say that Congress was annoying.
04:10 Modi has come in power, so he might
04:13 work to improve our issues
04:16 and strengthen the farmers.
04:19 That's why the BJP government came.
04:22 And they didn't work on just one issue.
04:25 The farmers have been even more affected.
04:28 They're continuously playing online and portal to portal.
04:32 There was no network in the villages till now.
04:34 In our village, too, they installed a tower 6 months ago.
04:38 A farmer, a farmer's family,
04:41 carries his documents around the house all day.
04:45 Sometimes they say, "You didn't get online."
04:47 "We're selling crops, so you didn't get online."
04:50 "We don't get payments for months."
04:53 The farmers are in a bad state. They had a lot of expectations from the government.
04:56 But they came in power and in a despicable manner,
05:01 they're suppressing all the parties and all the parties.
05:05 For the past few years, all the parties have been protesting.
05:09 The farmers are protesting. Earlier, the Patwari Party was protesting.
05:12 The Asha Workers were protesting. The Patwari Party was protesting.
05:16 We used to salute the army with so much respect.
05:19 We still do. We salute the train.
05:23 They turned the army into a four-year-old fire brigade.
05:27 They misled the farmers and made promises to get them.
05:34 They're misusing the people's money.
05:40 We don't expect anything from the government.
05:42 We want the government to leave the BJP and come to us.
05:48 No matter which party comes to power.
05:50 We want the government to solve the farmers' problems.
05:54 We expect this from the new government.
05:57 Yesterday, we went to the Hisaar grain market.
06:02 We met an aarti worker there.
06:05 He said that the online system is causing a lot of harm to the farmers.
06:11 What is this system?
06:14 The system is like aarti.
06:17 Aarti has always been there.
06:19 They're saying that by eliminating the aarti,
06:23 the farmers can buy their crops and pay directly to the government.
06:28 But the farmers have a time period.
06:32 They have to do their crops online.
06:35 The common people don't know when it's time to do it.
06:38 The crop is being harvested.
06:41 50% of the people couldn't do it online.
06:45 Why? Sometimes it was a technical problem.
06:47 Sometimes it was a problem with the site.
06:51 They had a time period.
06:54 Now, more than half of the people have their crops at home.
06:57 No one is buying it.
06:58 Earlier, aarti and the farmers had a very strong relationship.
07:04 Whenever the farmers needed something,
07:06 like a few quintals of grain,
07:09 they would take two bags and take it to the aarti.
07:11 They would give money and get the ration and water.
07:17 If we want to sell wheat today, we can't.
07:20 For six months, the farmers will not get anything.
07:27 It's a game of portals.
07:30 The farmers are still stuck in the village.
07:33 They spend money on their accounts at night.
07:36 Sometimes they say, "This is from your ATM."
07:38 Sometimes they say, "This is from your account."
07:40 "This is from your ATM."
07:43 The farmers are the problem.
07:46 The farmers don't understand the portals.
07:49 The people who keep the documents online,
07:53 they don't have the knowledge.
07:55 They don't know when the document will be completed,
07:58 when the crops will be sold,
08:00 when the money will be collected,
08:04 and when the ration will be taken out.
08:08 They don't know when the crops will be sold,
08:10 when the money will be collected,
08:11 and when the ration will be taken out.
08:14 Do you think that the big issue of the farmers
08:17 will affect the upcoming elections?
08:20 Yes, it will.
08:22 They say, "We have given MSP to the farmers."
08:25 You have given MSP, why aren't you buying crops?
08:29 We sold Narma for Rs. 4000.
08:32 The MSP is very high.
08:36 We haven't got MSP for many crops.
08:41 The government claims to be doing something,
08:46 but it doesn't work.
08:48 There are many issues.
08:50 Like the issue of loan relief.
08:52 The Prime Minister said that he will pay off the loan
08:56 of the farmers on the first day of the election.
08:58 Today, the farmers are completely deprived of loans.
09:02 There are farmers of 20-20 acres, 10-10 acres,
09:05 2-2 acres.
09:06 The loans are very high.
09:09 You can see that the big industrialists
09:12 and the big businessmen are being directly benefited.
09:16 People run away with Rs. 10-10,000 crores.
09:19 They have no idea.
09:21 If the farmer doesn't pay his interest after 6 months,
09:24 he gets a notice and they talk about the land.
09:29 The farmers are very distressed.
09:32 They are in a bad state.
09:34 The farmer is saying that the elections
09:37 will take revenge for the 10 years of distress.
09:41 Any party will leave the BJP,
09:44 but no one will vote for the BJP.
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