New Delhi, November 17 (IANS). Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, an organization of farmers associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has started a nationwide public awareness campaign regarding the National GM Policy.
Under this campaign, memorandums are being submitted in more than 6 hundred districts across the country in the names of the Vice President, Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Speaker of Lok Sabha as well as all the Members of Parliament of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of the country. Through this campaign, more than 6 hundred district units of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh are urging the MPs to discuss this in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha during the upcoming winter session of the Parliament.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKS) All India General Secretary Mohini Mohan Mishra said that in July, in the matter of GM crops, the Supreme Court had directed the government to make a national GM policy after talking to all the stakeholders and complete this work within four months. The limit for completion was also set. He said that farmers are the main stakeholders in this matter, hence their opinion should be prominently included in the national GM policy making. But till now the Central Government or the committee formed for this has not made any contact with the farmers or farmer organizations to seek their opinion, hence the functioning of the committee is under doubt.
Let us tell you that Bharatiya Kisan Sangh is a subsidiary organization of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which has always been an advocate of traditional seeds, cost-based remunerative prices, poison-free and low-cost farming, and nutritious food production that is healthy for the farmers and common people. . From time to time, BKS has also opposed the government’s decisions regarding these subjects. Bharatiya Kisan Union is again face to face with the government in the matter of allowing GM crops.
Bharatiya Kisan Union says that GM crops are not needed in India. Chemical farming and poisonous GM are unsafe for agriculture, farmers and the environment. GM crops destroy biodiversity and increase global warming. BT cotton is an example of this, due to the failure of which farmers suffered huge losses and even had to commit suicide. India needs agriculture with low mechanization, employment generation potential, not GM farming. There are restrictions on it in many countries.
BKS is alleging that even after three months have passed since the Supreme Court order, the committee formed by the government has not taken any advice from any stakeholder. Due to which the stakeholders are apprehensive that somewhere behind this, preparations are being secretly made to allow GM crops.
Stakeholders allege that the government wants to allow GM crops in India in the name of food and nutrition security without any consultation and impact study. Whereas the Supreme Court is in favor of moving ahead after a detailed study of the impact on our country, our climate, the health of our people and the conclusion of the benefits and losses.
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