The farmer suffered 25 percent burns and is undergoing treatment at Sagar Medical College.
Bhopal:
A farmer in Madhya Pradesh had suffered 25 percent burns after allegedly trying to set himself ablaze in the premises of a police station after the police refused to take his complaint against a shopkeeper who gave him substandard pesticide. was sold. A senior police officer said a probe has been ordered into the supply of substandard pesticide and whether the police refused to register a complaint.
His wife said Sheetal Rajak, a resident of Chaucha village, was mentally disturbed after losing his crop due to substandard insecticide.
“Our crop got ruined due to the shoddy pesticide. He was mentally stressed and because of this he approached the local police station to file a complaint against the shop owner who sold him the pesticide but the police registered a complaint. refused.” His wife Nisha Rajak said.
Congress leader Kamal Nath hit out at Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan for not doing enough for the farmers in the state.
Mr Nath tweeted, “The BJP government promised to double farmers’ income, but has doubled the cost. Shivraj government has nothing to do with farmers’ problems.”
Jan Sarkar had promised that it would do so.
There is always no person of any kind in Shivraj Sarkar. pic.twitter.com/98jFZtm0IH
— Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) 11 August 2022
According to reports, Sheetal Rajak sprayed insecticide on 20 acres, but the soybean crop is still infested with pests.
On Tuesday morning, he reached Banda police station in Sagar district and poured petrol.
The farmer suffered 25 percent burns and is undergoing treatment at Sagar Medical College.
A senior police officer said, “The agriculture department is probing the complaint of substandard pesticides and it will be probed as to why the police did not take any action when he complained.”
Garlic farmers are also angry due to not getting proper price for their produce by the government. In districts like Dewar and Ujjain, which are known as the country’s garlic belt, farmers are demanding the Center and states to immediately announce a market intervention plan and start procuring garlic to help them.
Recently, farmers took out a garlic funeral procession in Sehore and set a quintal of garlic on fire for not getting the desired price for the crop.