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Time of India
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Compensate farmers before kharif sowing ends: Cong
Pune: State Congress members have prepared a report on crop damages because of the recent heavy rains and demanded the govt release compensation for farmers before kharif sowing ends. The report is based on field visits by Congress members. The party has accused the Maharashtra govt of neglecting farmers' issues. Additonally, the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) has sought an appointment with governor CP Radhakrishnan to submit the said report. Though the party has suspended all rallies for the next few days following the plane crash in Ahmedabad, MPCC will hold a statewide Mashal Morcha to raise various issues, including farmers' problems, thereafter. Speaking to TOI, MPCC chief Harshwardhan Sapkal said, "Our party members have visited villages to understand the existing problems. The govt is clearly neglecting farmers, whose condition is beyond imaginable. Heavy rains for three weeks have destroyed crops across the state and onion growers have suffered huge losses. That apart, fruit-growing farmers have also incurred losses. All farmers need immediate govt help, but they have only received promises, so far. " The state govt has already announced release of compensation based on reports by local officials. However, the Congress state president claimed it was not enough. "The criteria are such that farmers are barely getting any money. Our demand is they be paid Rs20,000 per acre as compensation. We also demand the govt use remote sensing technology to assess crop damage, which will help the govt speed up the process," he said. Sapkal said, "For the agrarian economy, kharif is the most important season when maximum crops are produced and revenue earned. If farmers do not get help now, the next year will be difficult for them. Therefore, our demand is the state release the money, which farmers may use for kharif sowing activities." Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
Indian Express
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls data: Congress to hold ‘torch march', demand probe into LoP Rahul's allegations on EC
The Maharashtra Congress on Thursday is set to hold a 'Mashal Morcha' (Torch March) across the state against the alleged 'theft of votes' in the recently conducted assembly elections. This development comes a week after Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, in his article in The Indian Express alleged electoral malpractices in the state assembly elections. Replying to Gandhi, the Election Commission of India denied any wrongdoing or malpractice in the conduct of the election. Congress state president Harshvardhan Sapkal will participate in the protest in Gadchiroli. All Congress leaders, MPs and legislators have been asked to participate in protests across the state. 'The BJP coalition government has come to power in the state by stealing votes in the assembly elections. Votes have been stolen with the help of the Election Commission and this vote theft is not being investigated. The credibility of the Election Commission is at stake and the democratic system is being attacked,' said Sapkal. He said that the state Congress will take out torch marches across the state on Thursday, to create awareness and demand an investigation into the scam in the assembly elections. Sapkal alleged that there is doubt about the voting percentage announced by the Election Commission. 'After the voting ended, the voters who declared 58 percent showed 66.5 percent the next day, an increase of 7.83 percent. This is a big scam. It is the duty of the Election Commission to conduct fair and transparent elections, but if there are clouds of suspicion on them, it is dangerous for democracy,' he said.
