U .P. farmers exploited: Congress
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16/06/2008
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Hindu (New Delhi)
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday said that it would launch an agitation in Uttar Pradesh to expose exploitation of farmers whose land had been acquired for various projects, including numerous housing schemes, at throwa-way rates. Law and order had deteriorated and Dalits and women we're suffering, PCC president Rita Bahuguna said, while releasing a list of 21 Ministers who, she alleged, had a "criminal background." Ms. Bahuguna told journalists that farmers were being deprived of their only means --fll livelihood and land and were displaced from their homes. "Land was being transferred to builders and developers at huge profits while farmers were paid a pit