Gujarat farmers intensify stir for eight-hour energy

Express News Service

AHMEDABAD:  The Gujarat authorities is going through farmers’ ire over provide of electrical energy. Opposition Congress and AAP have been agitating in opposition to the BJP authorities for the final 4 days demanding satisfactory energy to farmers. Adding gas to the agitation, the RSS-affiliated Bhartiya Kishan Sangh (BKS) has warned the state authorities of launching a fierce agitation if the latter failed to supply eight hours of electrical energy to the farmers. To pacify the Sangh outfit, the state power minister has invited its leaders to debate the difficulty.

In the final 4 days Congress MLAs have been elevating the difficulty of insufficient energy provide to farmers in Gujarat Assembly. Former Gujarat Congress president and MLA Amit Chavda mentioned, “The BJP government has failed to provide adequate electricity to farmers.”

Energy minister Kanu Desai had mentioned farmers will get six hours of energy. “Electricity will be provided for more than six hours after a week. Electricity will be provided to farmers by cutting the supply to industries if required.” he mentioned two days in the past.

Farmer chief Darshan Nayak rejected the federal government’s assurance and mentioned, “While the BJP government makes tall claims that farmers are getting enough electricity, it is a fact that most of the farmers in Gujarat are not getting adequate electricity for irrigation purposes.”