Why farmers are protesting again

Brut India

Farmers from Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, Meerut, Bulandshahr and Agra gathered at borders of Delhi demanding fair price for land acquired for governments' development project. Brut spoke to protesting farmers, here's what they said.

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00:00We are here at the site of the ongoing farmers' protest in Noida.

00:27Let's speak to the farmers here and understand what their demands are this time.

00:57Gautambud Nagar is a district where this law is not being followed, whereas in other districts

01:02and other states, this law is being followed everywhere.

01:05According to the Supreme Court and the High Court, we are asking for 10% of the land.

01:09We have those orders, but the authorities, whether it's Noida or Great Noida or Amnar,

01:15they keep misleading us.

01:17For a very long time, we haven't been able to increase the circulate rate for about 10 years.

01:21So, this is also a big demand of ours, that our children should be brought in from employment

01:25and for all our demands, we are in a mode of protest.

01:29This time, we are not going to listen to the government.

01:31The government has a lot of demands, but they don't fulfill them.

01:35What have they done so far?

01:37What is 64%?

01:40They are giving 51%.

01:42Calculate that.

01:4464% is 4,76,000.

01:47And what are they giving to the farmers?

01:494,36,000.

01:51They are giving 30-35,000 rupees.

01:53In the village area of Gautam Budh Nagar, after the Panchayati Raj is over,

01:59this propaganda is a move to declare a urban area and put pressure on their rights.

02:05Because till today, the farmers' circulate rate for the land, which was supposed to increase by 2010-2011,

02:12it didn't increase by a single rupee.

02:14And the situation is that, when they talk to the residents,

02:20every 6th month, they have a board meeting

02:23and after that, they increase it.

02:25But the farmers' circulate rate hasn't increased till today.

02:27Why?

02:28In 2002, our land was sold.

02:30They didn't write the approval of the land.

02:33They said that 10% of the land will be yours.

02:37We didn't get 10%, we got all the land.

02:40The farmers are being misled, they are being misled by the authorities.

02:44They are being misled.

02:45They don't write anything.

02:47The farmers are looting everything.

02:49They are not letting us get our land.

02:51They are not letting us get our land.

02:53Let us go to Delhi.

02:55The farmers don't have any MSP, nothing.

02:57What are they doing for the farmers?

02:59There was a shortage of manure.

03:01They reduced it from 50kg to 45kg.

03:03They are being misled to register with the farmers.

03:05They removed the land and put it in the name of the railway.

03:08They scared the entire village.

03:09And they said that half of the money will be given to you later.

03:12The innocent farmers registered.

03:15And today, they are neither giving 10% nor are they really giving money.

03:19If the government doesn't listen to you this time, what will be your next step?

03:24My next step will be that when our country is in the hands of the British,

03:29I will take my rights from them.

03:33The next step for the farmers is to go to Delhi.

03:37Until our demands are not fulfilled, we will not leave Delhi.

03:41We will go to Delhi.

03:42We will all stay here.

03:44We will eat and drink here.

03:46Just like Ghazipur was closed to Delhi, we will stay here with our tents and animals.

03:52We will settle here until our names are not mentioned.

03:54We will get a 10% plottery.

03:56We will implement the 2013 law.

03:58And our circle rate will not increase.

04:00We will not fulfill our demands until we leave Delhi.

04:03If the government or the administration doesn't listen to us,

04:05Delhi is not far from us.

04:08And no one can stop us from going to Delhi.

04:09Because it is a farmer's Delhi.

04:11Delhi is not someone else's property.

04:13In democracy, everyone has the right to protest.

04:17And this is our right.

04:18We are not begging anyone.

04:19We are asking for our rights.

04:20We broke one barricade.

04:22The government told us to discuss these two issues.

04:28Until then, we have decided that we will not go home.

04:31We have decided to protest from the 25th.

04:35Until yesterday, we were in Yamuna.

04:36Before that, we were in Greater Nevada.

04:38Now, we will stay here.

04:40As soon as we get a chance, we will go to Delhi.

04:45If we don't get a chance, we will go home.

04:50Will people sit here?

04:52We will sit here and protest.

04:55But you said that you asked for a week's time.

04:58No one is giving us time.

05:00They are lying.

05:04We don't have time.

05:06We will stop the road and go.

05:09The traffic has started.

05:11We will stop the traffic.

05:14How long will you sit here?

05:15Until we get a chance.

05:17What do you want?

05:1810% for us and one person's job.

05:20We want 10%.

05:22We want 14% of the money.

05:24You said that you spoke to the leaders.

05:28You asked for a week's time.

05:30We asked for a week's time.

05:31How many times have you asked for it?

05:33It's been a month or two.

05:35How many times have you asked for it?

05:38We are not taking it.

05:40They are taking it.

05:42Our boys are not taking it.

05:44The land is ours.

05:46The land is ours.

05:48The land is ours.

05:50They are not taking it.

05:52They are not giving us 10%.

05:54They are not giving us 10%.

05:56That's why we are sitting on the road.

05:58The traffic has started.

06:00We will go home.

06:02We will die.

06:04We will die.

06:07We are doing this for our honesty.

06:09We are not cheating anyone.

06:11We are asking for our land.

06:13We are not going anywhere.

06:15We are one.

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