The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has demanded a probe into the “electoral bonds scam” by a special investigation team of retired administrators, monitored by the Supreme Court.
Linking the electoral bonds with debt relief and statutory minimum support price for all crops, the SKM said in a statement here on April 8 that decisions of the Centre such as the three farm laws, four labour codes and privatisation of public undertakings were taken to please the corporate donors.
The SKM appealed to farmers to campaign for a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the “scam” and demanded prosecution of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Cabinet Members and BJP leadership on the matter. “Though 1,00,474 farmers and 3,12,214 daily wage workers — a total of 4,12,688 persons — committed suicide during 2014-2022, the Modi government did not provide debt relief of a single rupee to farmers and farm worker households despite the promise the BJP made in the 2014 election manifesto. The SKM appeals to the farmers and the people in general to give a befitting reply thus, punishing the BJP for the double standard of the Prime Minister towards the acute agrarian crisis,” the SKM statement added.
