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00:00What is your name? What is your position? And why are you sitting here?
00:04My name is Rohit Pandey. I am from Abhiyanta Sangha Sakha, Uttar Pradesh.
00:08And under the banner of Saheb Sanghar Samiti, we are protesting against the TPP model which is being privatized by the provincial and state companies.
00:19We are sitting here against this.
00:21We have been wearing a black belt all day.
00:23After that, from 5 to 6, we are holding our protest meeting in the office.
00:29This protest meeting has been going on for a long time and the government has not agreed yet.
00:33How long will this go on?
00:35We are conveying our message to the administration.
00:37We are adopting every method.
00:39We are keeping our message in a democratic way.
00:42The message will be kept.
00:44We have complete faith that the government will agree.
00:46Because this issue of privatization is not in the interest of the workers, nor is it in the interest of the consumers, nor is it in the interest of the farmers.
00:53How many workers will be affected by this privatization?
00:57And what direction have you received?
00:59Approximately 50,000 workers of the provincial and state companies will be affected by this privatization.
01:06And our direction is that we will wear a black belt all day.
01:11After that, in the evening, after the office, we will finish our work and hold a protest meeting from 5 to 6 in our office.
01:19The government has issued a direction that there will be no protest.
01:23Is this a protest or an opposition?
01:25There is no protest of any kind.
01:27So, after our work, we are showing our opposition.
01:29We are protesting.
01:31There will be no protest of any kind.
01:33If privatization happens, then what conditions have been set?
01:37What information is there?
01:38There has been no decision made by the central government about this.
01:40For the time being, we are opposing a tender process for Triple P.
01:46And we hope that the government will understand that this is a loss for the farmers.
01:52And will take a positive step in this regard.
01:56Why was this privatization decision taken?
01:59The privatization decision is being told that the department is in a loss of lakhs of crores.
02:06So, first of all, I would like to clarify that the loss of lakhs of crores is being shown.
02:10This has been told to the farmers.
02:12Some government subsidies are being provided.
02:14Approximately Rs. 24,000 crores.
02:16And the rest is left to the farmers.
02:18We can take advantage of this loss and end it.
02:21The OTS scheme is going on.
02:23We start working early in the morning from 8 to 9 in the night.
02:27And while giving the benefit to the farmers, we are doing the department's duty.
02:32So, if we are calling this a loss, then it is wrong in a way.
02:36This is not a loss.
02:37It is left to the farmers.
02:38And we can take advantage of this loss and end it.
02:41Government subsidies are being provided.
02:43Yet, this has been left to the farmers.
02:45There are a lot of things that are left to the farmers.
02:48People are not able to pay their bills every month.
02:51There are some poor people as well.
02:52They will face a loss due to privatization.
02:54People who are paying Rs. 3.35 per unit, they are not able to pay this as well.
03:01They are going to the neighbourhoods.
03:03They are not able to pay their bills for many years.
03:05If a private company comes and sets a unit rate, then it will exploit the poor farmers.
03:16For example, the companies that are working in Toronto are not getting free electricity.
03:22In Uttar Pradesh, they are getting free electricity.
03:24But in Toronto, they are not getting free electricity.
03:26So, this huge protest is going to continue?
03:30The decision of the central government will be made on 18th January.
03:34We will protest against the blockade.
03:38After that, you will be informed about the decision.