Replace Agri Minister, Director: MLL
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 12 2020:
Manipur Loumi Lup (MLL) has asked the State Government and department concerned to replace the incumbent Agriculture Minister and Director with competent leaders who understand the plights of farmers.
Distributing urea bags only to farmers which have a close connection with people in power indicates that the Agriculture Minister and Director are playing 'petty' politics over fertilizer crisis, said a statement issued by Manipur Loumi Lup.
Stating that distributing fertilizers only to farmers who possess land documents has disappointed many farmers, it added that many farmers returned home without procuring fertilizers even after standing in line for hours.
The lup then demanded the State Government to stop handing over urea fertilizers to social workers, MLAs or presidents of BJP Mandals for distribution to farmers at the earliest.
Further demanding the State Government to announce the distributed amount of fertilizer bags for Assembly segments as they do regularly for the NFSA and PMGKAY foodgrain to ensure transparency in the process, MLL opined that making fertilizers available at dealer shops at Constituencies will ease the suffering of farmers.