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“Keep Food Prices In Check”: RSS Expresses Concern Over Inflation

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Dattatreya Hosabale, the General Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), expressed concern over inflation and rising food prices on Saturday. However, he also said that the government’s actions shouldn’t hurt farmers.

While addressing the two-day conference organised by RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and Agricultural Economics Research Centre, Mr Hosabale said: “The link between inflation and food prices needs to be pondered over. Prices of industrial products rise… but people feel food and clothes must come at lower prices. It is among basic needs and should be affordable.”

India’s inflation rate in May was 7.04 percent, which came down marginally to 7.01 percent on June.

The RSS leader also applauded governments, scientists, and farmers for the development of agriculture in the country over the past 75 years.

Mr Hosabale stressed that basic necessities like food should be affordable, however, the burden should not be passed on to the farmers. He also the need government cooperatives to play big role in this.

“The objective of agriculture is to produce sufficient nutritious food for all. Everyone must get nutritious food, so its prices must not increase. Otherwise some people will not get it,” he said.

The top RSS leader also noted concern about India’s rapid urbanisation, highlighting the fact that more than 52 percent of the population lives in cities.

“If India’s villages start disappearing, the civilisation and culture that we speak of with such great pride will be impacted. So we have to ensure people live in villages; we have to strengthen agriculture and allied industries,” Mr Hosabale said.

 

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West Bengal Teacher Recruitment Scam: TMC Demands Time-Bound Investigation

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Kolkata:The Mamta Banerjee,lead Trinamool Congress today demanded a time-bound probe in the Enforcement Directorate case against arrested West Bengal  Minister Partha Chaterjee, assuring the party will not intervene politically if any leader has done anything wrong.

ED officers had on July 22 carried out raids at various places in Bengal as part of their investigation in connection to the money trail involved in a teacher recruitment scam at government-sponsored and -aided schools.

A minimum of 20 crore in cash along with other items were recovered from the residence of a woman, who apparently happens to be a close aide  of Chatterjee, the industries minister who earlier served as Education Minister.

While interacting with the media, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told that the party has no connection with the woman from whose possession huge amount of cash was recovered.

Mr. Ghosh said,”The party demands time-bound investigation in the case” maintaining that investigation by central agencies in some cases have been going on for many years.

The Crime Bureau Of Investigation has been investigating the multi-crore Saradha chit fund case since 2014, while the Narada tapes case, which came to light ahead of 2016 elections, was also yet to reach closure.

“Law will take its own course; the Trinamool Congress will not interfere, however big a leader gets involved in it,” Mr.Ghosh said.

 

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