Mangaluru: Dharna demanding waiver of farm loans
Mangaluru, Jan 3: The district Raitha Sangha activists staged a dharna in front of the deputy commissioner’s office here on Thursday, urging the central government to implement the Dr Swaminathan Commission report and waive off the farm loans of all farmers of the country.
Addressing the farmers, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene state secretary Ravi Kiran Punacha said that following the call from All India Farmers Coordination Committee, all farmers organizations in the district have staged the dharna supporting the all India protest on January 8 and 9.
Last November, dharna was held in New Delhi under the leadership of the Federation of All India Farmers Organisations. Later, the central government has completely neglected the farmers, working class and middle class people of the country, he said.
As per the Dr MS Swaminathan Agriculture Commission report, along with the production cost of the agriculture produces, the government has to give 50 per cent additional amount to ensure stable price permanently.
The central government should convene a special Parliament Session to discuss the farming sector problems. The loans of all farmers should be waived off and check the prices of petroleum products, fertilizers and other daily commodities, he demanded.
Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene district organizing secretary Manohar Shetty, Hasiru Sene district secretary Sheik Abdullah, JDS Kisan unit secretary Rama Ganesh, Karnataka Regional Raitha Sangha general secretary K Yadav Shetty, K Krishnappa Salian and others were present.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
