Kolhapur: BJP on Sunday said it will `gherao`
Parliament in the first week of March on the issue of price
rise.
In the last four months, prices of sugar and pulses rose
drastically but this hike has not benefited the farmers, party
spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told a press conference here.
"Price of sugar rose to Rs 50 per kg but farmers got
only Rs 16 per kg for their sugarcane. The situation is now
unbearable and BJP will agitate against it," he said.
Demonstrations and agitations are now taking place at
district levels but BJP workers from all over the country will
`gherao` Parliament in the first week of March, he added.
Javadekar said BJP`s stand was firm about agricultural
yield prices.
We support the recommendations made by agriculture
scientist Dr M S Swaminathan about prices. Central government
should accept it, he said.
PTI
