Decision of e-pass books should be withdrawn

• The decision only benefits corporate powers
• Who responsible for loss of lands by farmers in the process?
• GO 271 should be withdrawn: MVS Nagireddy

Hyderabad: YSRCP farmers’ wing president MVS Nagireddy remarked that the Government had introduced the system of e-pass books only to harm the farmers. He demanded that the Government withdrew the decision to cancel the title deeds and the pass books held by the farmers for a long time. Speaking to the media at the party’s central office in Hyderabad, he expressed concern about the situation of farmers with the decision taken by the Government.

Nagireddy slammed the Government for implementing GO 271 from the 1st of this month in spite of suggestions that it would cause more farmers to commit suicide. He reminded how even the media supportive of the Government also wrote that e-pass book system might give way to corruption in revenue department. He mentioned that the Government might lose its lands if registrations happened through 1B register as per GO 271. He questioned the Chief Minister and the revenue minister who would take the responsibility if the farmers’ lands were registered under somebody else’s names and they lost their ownership on their lands. He demanded immediate withdrawal of the decision of implementation of e-pass books, stating this would only harm farmers. He cited how former PM Jawahar Lal Nehru introduced Green Revolution and Lal Bahadur Sastry said ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kissan’.

Babu effecting farmers’ confidence

Nagireddy stated that the decision was a blow to the confidence and respect of farmers who had been living on the lands since generations. He stated that they had taken up a survey with farmers’ association at Konduru village of Kaikaluru mandal in Krishna district on the Government’s decision. He revealed that out of 250 accounts in the village, 140 were faulty and that lands were registered on somebody else’s names. He exclaimed that the sincere officials in revenue department were afraid due to this decision.

Nagireddy explained that the decision of e-pass books would only benefit certain corporate powers.  He reminded the Government’s promises to implement the recommendations of Swaminathan committee and to arrange Rs.5000 crore fund for cost standardization and questioned what had happened to those promises. He cautioned that YSRCP was ready to fight along with farmers’ associations for their benefit if the use of e-pass books and title deeds was not resumed.