RE:Gujrat has seen prosper and development through Modi
by karunanidhi on Dec 06, 2007 08:57 PM Permalink
"Right to Information data collected and collated by activist Bharat Jhala nails government lies and exposes its attempts to suppress the truly horrifying scale of farmer suicides in Gujarat. Modi claimed in a TV interview to NDTV on March 14, 2007 that no farmer commits suicide in Gujarat. A month later, he admitted to 148 suicides on the floor of the assembly. Official data that we finally got in Oct 10, 2007, 5 months after we filed queries, confirms 498 suicides formally. However, even this list is partial as it does not feature several suicide stories painstakingly documented in the film! As many suicides are passed off as accidents, we also filed RTI queries seeking details of all accidental deaths - of the 6,695 farmers who died in "accidents", over 4000 have not been paid any Kisan Vima Yojana money (we've informally learnt that insurance companies have denied many such "accident" claims as many of these are suicides)! Amazingly, on Oct 10 itself, the day the Gujarat gave us RTI data confirming 498 suicides, an official ad released on ETV categorically stated that there are no suicides in Gujarat and people should not believe false propaganda. The ad itself seems to be done in response to the coverage in end Sept and October to our press conferences and the film excerpts we showed!"
RE:RE:Gujrat has seen prosper and development through Modi
by karunanidhi on Dec 06, 2007 09:00 PM Permalink
Gujarat's success in agriculture is largely because of a splendid genetically modified Bt cotton output. Since, both the devil and the truth are in the detail, let's get to that detail. First, if somebody cares to look at the statistics it will be clear that Gujarat's agriculture success is because of a lop-sided growth in cotton cultivation. So how did Modi achieve it? Simple. He allowed illegal varieties of Bt Cotton seed to flourish in the rural agriculture markets. How does one find this out? Drive the cotton producing outposts in rural Gujarat. Meet the seed merchants. Talk to the farmers. Go their fields. Go to their sheds where they stock cotton seeds and the cotton produce. The truth is out there. Also remember to talk to Monsanto, the huge multinational behemoth that produces and holds the patent for Bt Cotton seeds. Why isn't anyone finding out how much Monsanto would have lost in revenue because of illegal Bt Cotton seeds? But most importantly why is the department of bio-technology keeping quiet. There is already such an international furore over genetically-modified organisms and even the central government has conceded that genetically modified crops should be grown under a strict regulatory and supervisory conditions. But these are un-sexy stories and so are not reported in the media. By allowing illegal Bt Cotton seed to flood the Gujarat seed market, has Modi ensured mass genetic contamination of natural cotton variety in Gujarat? What portent does it hold f
RE:Gujrat has seen prosper and development through Modi
by Kajal Sethi on Dec 06, 2007 09:09 PM Permalink
You can only see cotton. See the roads, industrial output,control of terrorism, etc etc
RE:Gujrat has seen prosper and development through Modi
by karunanidhi on Dec 06, 2007 09:21 PM Permalink
Fool GDP is not coming from roads, shopping malls, cine complesxes. Agricultural Output is there but not Industrial out-put read well. If you want I will give genuine site read it.
