I was coordinator for a Committee to monitor and control prices of onion and agricultural products set up by Ministry of Food and Consumer Affairs Ministry in 1999 when Vajpayee was the Prime Minister. The Minister Surjit Singh Barnala was the Chairman. The committee had Secretaries from five departments as Members. The committee was set up to enquire and control Prices on the aftermath of high rise in onion prices. Remember, high onion prices later catapulted Congress to Power in Delhi.
Our enquiries proved that in connivance with Mandis in Maharashtra, CongressParty had spent a meager ₹5 crores to buy onion at cheap prices directly from farmers and hoarded them at Mandis leading to an artificial rise in onion prices. Onions were sold for ₹200 per kilo due to this scarcity. They were bought for as less as 50 paise per kilo. Such a small investment brought forth great political rewards for Congress. Just by spending ₹5 crores cleverly, built an artificial scarcity, blamed Vajpayee govt for failure to control prices and on this environment, Delhi was conquered, ruled and scammed for three terms of fifteen years by Corrupted but Clever CongressParty. We all know the Sheila Dikshit govt looted Delhi and the Commonwealth games scam was only the tip of the ice berg.
Removal of Mandis by new #FarmLaws2020 affects Politicians who had in the past played with the lives of poor and yet managed to rule nation by sheer audacity of cunningness. Farmlaws shift decision making process from Mandis back to farmers and empower them as controllers of their produce & their destiny. Such a far reaching decision makes Politicians lose control of farmers in the country. As Farmlaws affect fortunes of Politicians and not just the trading Mandis they will face a stiff resistance. Any attempt to rescue and free Agriculturists from this mafia will be resisted by Politicos. Because for them to survive, retain clout, they need to continue as masters of farmers. Farmers were door mats for this mafia and suckers. It is mafia machine that Modi has brought down by empowering farmers and energising the farming Business.
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