It is bound to happen. Soon the effect of government sponsored land grabbing scams like SEZs will be visible to everyone. The sheer madness at which the state governments are grabbing the highly fertile land and giving to corporate houses for free is going to crush the middle class and poor people. The fertile land which was feeding the community with rice, wheat etc. is now covered with concrete. High rise structures which are fulfiling the demands of rich and famous are being eracted here and there. Look at NOIDA land deal, 95 acres land was sold out for Rs. 5000 crores. Now the BPTP will come up with corporate convention centre, hotel, shopping mall etc. where rich and spoiled brats will come and hang around whereas the landless farmer will be watching helplessly. The same land which was feeding community will now become hot bed of commercial activities. It is all madness. No one is thinking that from where the food and grains will come. Will these call centres or big housing socities will be able to feed people. The farmers are committing suicides and our agriculture minister is busy in making money at IPL. He is talking about importing wheat at US$ 500 per tonne but is not ready to raise the wheat price at home. It is all madness and unfortunately people like us have no other way to express our anger.
RE:Food crisis
by linus on Apr 10, 2008 08:06 PM Permalink
100 % Right !! What can you expect from a party whose high commission is an alien ( read foreigner ) ? Why should she care about this country which is not even her own? She is only staying here because she will not be given an iota of importance in her own country. The congress party and cronies of the UPA will do anything to stay in power. They are not bothered about anything or anybody at the grass root levels of the country. Every time the Congress has come to power it has led the country into a sorry state of affairs. It is a trend/ known fact that that cost of living increases under Congress rule. "Democracy is a tyranny of the minorities". stands true in the case of our country. We have PM who is Sikh, a remote control controlling him (sonia gandhi) who is a Christian and her principle secretary who influences her decisions Ahmed Patel a Muslim. We are living under the tyranny of these people. !!!
RE:Food crisis
by kieran dsouza on Apr 11, 2008 12:26 AM Permalink
Mr. Sharma, you have hit the nail on the head!! Even when SEZs were just beginning by displacing farmers from agricultural lands, I used to argue a lot with companions about the short sightedness and stupidity of such a move. Many farmers themselves will sell land to earn a fast buck but that is not the point. the point is our politicians in their greed for real estate, money, have lost their capacity to think for the future and we are going to suffer for it.
