Hyderabad: The Congress has strongly defended the state Cabinet s decision to extend Rs 500 per quintal bonus to only those farmers who grow fine varieties of paddy (sanna vadlu). Agriculture.
A social boycott of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been proposed by Naresh Tikait, brother of the much in news farmer leader Rakesh Tikait. Both belong to the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) one of India’s largest non-partisan farmers’ representative organisations.
This call and its fallout in the
Khap (community organisation) dominated Jat belt of western Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab has set alarm bells ringing in the 24/7 election headquarters of Amit Shah, BJP’s man for every season.
Consider the all important seat tally. Across the swathe of the Jat belt (Indian elections are profoundly caste based in North India), 40 important Lok Sabha seats will be in play.