Auction canceled due to a drunk mandi inspector in MP’s Guna. This affected many farmers, including a farmer who had come to sell his crop for his daughter’s wedding. Angry farmers blocked the highway in protest.
MP: No matter how many schemes the government makes for the welfare of farmers, unless the officials implement them properly, the problems of the farmers do not reduce. One such case has come to light from Madhya Pradesh, where a farmer started crying bitterly after not getting the right price for his crop and then the market being closed. There is a lot of anger now regarding this incident.
‘Tomorrow is my daughter’s wedding, buy my crop’, the farmer’s painful plea.
The wedding of a farmer’s daughter was the very next day. To arrange the wedding expenses, he had reached the market with his crop. But due to the attitude of the officers there, she was forced to cry. This incident took place in Nanakhedi agricultural produce market of Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. Here, in the middle of the market, in the scorching heat, a farmer was standing crying and crying near his sacks of coriander and mustard. He was pleading, “Please buy my crop, my daughter is getting married tomorrow.”
The helpless farmer kept crying and folding his hands and legs.
This heart-wrenching scene was seen when the auction process was stopped after a dispute with a market official. According to reports, Inspector Rajkumar Sharma, posted on auction duty, had consumed excessive alcohol and was behaving like a dictator. The controversy started when the highest bid of a farmer for coriander was Rs 5,700 per quintal, but the inspector wrote Rs 5,400 on the slip. When the farmer questioned this difference of Rs 300, an uproar started.
Drunk Mandi Inspector Rajkumar Sharma did not listen
An eyewitness said, “The mandi official was drunk and was abusing. This also enraged the traders and they stopped the auction completely and stopped purchasing in the mandi.” For many farmers who had been bringing in their crops since 7 a.m., it was not just a matter of delay.
Among these farmers who came to sell their crops, there was also a farmer from Sripurchak village. He had brought the coriander crop in the hope of raising money for his daughter’s wedding. But he got stuck badly when the auction was halted due to the officer’s uproar. Standing in the courtyard of the market, he started pleading with folded hands the officials and traders to buy his crops.
The helpless farmer kept crying and folding his hands and legs.
- He was crying and saying, “Tomorrow is my daughter’s wedding, I need money for the ‘Tika’ ceremony. If my crop is not sold today, the wedding will be ruined.” But there was no one to listen to him. The market remained closed for hours. Angered by this situation, the farmers finally took to the streets. Dozens of farmers blocked the AB Road National Highway. Later, police from Cantonment police station reached the spot and convinced the farmers to vacate the road. Earlier, due to the farmers’ protest, long queues of vehicles had formed on both sides of the road for about half an hour.
- Farmer Giriraj Yadav said, “We have suffered a loss due to the closure of the market. Due to this disturbance, we had to spend twice as much on transporting the crop by tractor. I came here at seven in the morning. The bid was Rs 5,700, but it was reduced by Rs 300. No one is doing anything here. Everything is unbridled. Do farmers not exist?” He said that many farmers had marriages and family responsibilities and they had come to the mandi to arrange money by selling their produce.
Jaivardhan Singh raised the issue of helpless farmers
- Raising the issue, former minister Jaivardhan Singh said, “The condition of the farmer crying in the market to sell his own crop is sad. Tomorrow is his daughter’s wedding, and the farmer is begging the officials to buy his produce. The food provider of this country is being insulted.” He demanded strict action against those responsible for this. He warned that if such injustice continues, the Congress party will protest in support of the farmers.
- After the uproar, Mandi Secretary R.P. Singh admitted that the dispute was caused by the behavior of Inspector Rajkumar Sharma. He said, “Complaints have been received about the inspector being drunk and a medical examination will be conducted. Rajkumar Sharma is the market inspector in-charge, we will investigate the matter and take action.”
See in the video how the helpless farmer is crying bitterly…
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