Modi govt trying to ruin farming community by increasing fertiliser prices: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Apr 9: Accusing the BJP government at the Centre of trying to ruin the farming community by increasing the prices of fertilizers, senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday termed it an 'anti-farmer' act.
The Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka, in a series of tweets, said the price increase would destroy farmers.
"The Central BJP government is trying to ruin the farming communities by increasing the prices of fertilizers.
After troubling farmers through anti-farmer acts, the government is now making inputs costly," Siddaramaiah tweeted.
The 'anti-farmer' Narendra Modi government has increased the prices of fertilizers by more than 60 per cent, he said.
The prices of DAP fertilizer had increased by Rs 1,400 per quintal from April 1. It was earlier Rs 2,400 and Rs 3,800 now.
Prices of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potash have been increased by Rs 1,250 per quintal. It was available at Rs 2,350, but now farmers have to pay Rs 3,600.
"This increase will destroy farmers," he said.
The former Chief Minister termed as 'absolutely baseless,' the Centre citing the increase in international prices as the reason for the hike.
"An amount of Rs 1,33,947 crore of subsidy was given last year, but it was reduced to Rs 79,530 crore from this year.
Hence market prices have increased," Siddaramaiah said.
He took a dig at the BJP government in Karnataka and its MPs for not having the courage to question the 'anti- farmer' policies of the Modi government, saying "this attitude of the BJP leaders will surely destroy Annadatas (farmers)."
Central @BJP4India govt is trying to ruin the farming communities by increasing the prices of fertilizers. After troubling farmers through anti-farmer acts, the govt is now making inputs costly.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 9, 2021
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Anti-farmer @narendramodi govt has increased the prices of fertilizers by more than 60%. Prices of DAP fertilizer was increased by ₹1400 per quintal from April 1.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 9, 2021
It was ₹2400 till April 1 but now it is ₹3800.
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Prices of Nitrogen, Phosphorus & Potash have been increased by ₹1250 per quintal. It was available at ₹2350 but now farmers have to pay ₹3600. This increase will destroy farmers.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 9, 2021
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Central @BJP4India govt has given increase in international prices as the reason for rise in fertilizer prices. This is absolutely baseless.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 9, 2021
₹1,33,947 Cr of subsidy was given last year but it is reduced to ₹79,530 Cr from this year. Hence market prices have increased.
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.@BJP4Karnataka State govt & MPs have no courage to question the anti-farmer policies of @narendramodi.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) April 9, 2021
This attitude of BJP leaders will surely destroy Annadatas.
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Two injuries, one DNF, a DQ as India end messy World Relays campaign
Gaborone (Botswana) (PTI): Amoj Jacob and Ragul Kumar got injured during the men's 4x400m and 4x100 races respectively as India ended their World Athletics Relays campaign in disappointment on the second day of competitions here on Sunday.
The Indian camp had high hopes of making the 2027 World Championships in the men's 4x400m relay but the team did not finish (DNF) the race as Jacob suffered cramps and pulled out of the race after taking the baton from the first leg runner Dharamveer Choudhary. Rajesh Ramesh and Vishal TK were to run in the third and fourth legs.
Those teams which could not qualify for the 2027 Beijing World Championships by reaching the final round of each of the six relay events on Saturday were given another chance in the second qualification round on Sunday.
The top two teams in each of the two heats (in all six relay events) booked the Beijing ticket on Sunday.
India will now have to try and qualify for the World Championships through the Top Lists of the World Athletics, which is a long and tedious process.
In the men's 4x100m race, third leg runner Ragul Kumar fell down the track after failing to hand over the baton inside the exchange zone to fourth leg runner Gurindervir Singh, which clearly showed the lack of coordination among the runners.
Harsh Santosh Raut and Animesh Kujur ran the first two legs.
The Indian quartet was disqualified and Kumar was seen being taken away from the Field of Play with the help of the volunteers.
It was a comedy of errors in the case of the women's 4x100m race, which saw the baton being dropped during an exchange between first leg runner Tamanna and second runner Nithya Gandhe, though the Indians finished the race in 53.09 seconds.
Gandhe started running quite a distance, but after realising that the baton was not in her hand, she turned and ran back to pick it up.
The only silver-lining for the Indian contingent was the national record time in the mixed 4x100m relay race, though the quartet of Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha SS finished sixth in heat number two with a time of 41.35 seconds, bettering the previous national mark of 42.30 seconds set in March in Chandigarh.
The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Theerthesh P Shetty, Kumari Saloni, Nihal William and Rashdeep Kaur ended at fifth in heat number one with a time of 3 minutes and 19.40 seconds.
On Saturday, all the five Indian relay teams had failed to make it to the respective final rounds and thus missed out on the 2027 World Championships berths.
